trouble (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Labour, pains; with an accessory notion of vexation or annoyance1. mŏlestia (in which the notion of annoyance predominates)2. nĕgōtium (in which the idea of having something to do, or difficulty, predominates)3. ŏpĕra (in which the idea of exertion, pains, effort predominates)4. lăborII. Reverse, calamity, distress1. incommŏdum (disadvantage, blow, disaster)2. lăbor (esp. in pl.)3. aerumna (toil and distress combined))4. dŏlor5. res adversa, and esp. pl. res adversae6. mălum (gen. term for whatever is bad or calamitous)III. Commotion • trouble (subs.): I. Labour, pains; with an accessory notion of vexation or annoyance: 1. mŏlestia (in which the notion of annoyance predominates): to give any one t. (or annoyance), alicui m. exhibere, Cic. Att. 2, 1, 1; afferre, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 9: as far as can be done without t. on your part, quod sine m. tua fiat, Cic. Fam. 13, 23: v. annoyance. 2. nĕgōtium (in which the idea of having something to do, or difficulty, predominates): (to be able to do anything) without t., nullo n., Cic. Att. 10, 16: to give any one t., alicui n. facessere, id. Fam. 3, 10, init.; I have a good deal of t. in managing the boy, (puero) regendo habeo negotii satis, id. Att. 6, 2, 1. 3. ŏpĕra (in which the idea of exertion, pains, effort predominates): to take a good deal of t. about anything, multum operae in aliqua re ponere, Cic. Att. 12, 20: so, tantum studium tamque multam operam ponere in aliqua re, id. Fin. 1, init.: it is worth the t., pretium operae est, id. Agr. 2, 27, 73: so, pretium operae facere, to get a (sufficient) reward for one's t., Liv. pref. init. Join: multum operae laborisque [consumere in aliqua re], id. de Or. 1, 55, init.: v. pains. 4. lăbor: v. labour, effort. Phr.: to take a great deal of t. with anything, elaborare in aliqua re (v. pains): with much t. (or difficulty), aegre, vix: v. difficulty (I., fin.): if it is not too much t., nisi molestum est, Ter. Ad. 5, 3, 20. See also to exert (II.), exertion. II. Reverse, calamity, distress: 1. incommŏdum (disadvantage, blow, disaster): let us grieve over our own t. and loss [by the death of a friend], nostro i. detrimentoque doleamus, Cic. Br. 1, 4: so many t.s in life, tot i. in vita, id. N. D. 1, 9, fin. 2. lăbor (esp. in pl.): in my (time of) t., in meo l., Cic. Fam. 15, 8: the last t.s of Troy, Trojae supremus l., Virg. Aen. 2, 11: having gone through many varied t.s, perfunctus multis variisque l., Nep. Han. 13. 3. aerumna (toil and distress combined)): death a release from the t.s of life, mors aerumnarum requies, Sall. Cat. 51: cf. Cic. Fin. 2, 35, 118, labores [Herculis] ... tristissimo verbo aerumnas nominaverunt. 4. dŏlor: v. grief. 5. res adversa, and esp. pl. res adversae: v. adversity. 6. mălum (gen. term for whatever is bad or calamitous): no stranger to t., non ignara mali, Virg. Aen. 1, 630: o'erwhelmed with t., pressa malo (navis), Hor. Od. 1, 14, 10. Phr.: to entertain confidence in t., afflictis confidere rebus, Virg. Aen. 1, 452: to be in t. (or difficulty), laborare: to be in t. from debt, ex aere alieno l., Caes. B. C. 3, 22. III. Commotion: in this sense usu. pl.: mōtus, tŭmultus, etc.: v. commotion. Sometimes tempora may serve; which is specially used of difficult or trying circumstances: during the present t.s, his reipublicae temporibus: cf. Cic. Fl. 3, 6.
trouble (v.) Copy link Outline I. To occasion trouble to any oneII. With pron. refl., to t. oneself, i. e. to take t. and pains about anythingIII. To disturb; disquiet1. sollĭcĭto, 1 (to disquiet)2. turbo, perturbo, 13. vexo, 1 (a strong termIV. In pass., to be t.d with something (esp. a complaint) • trouble (v.): I. To occasion trouble to any one: Phr.: molestiam alicui exhibere, afferre: t. preced. art. (I.). Or expr. by adj.: I should be sorry to t. you, nolim tibi molestus esse: v. troublesome. II. With pron. refl., to t. oneself, i. e. to take t. and pains about anything: cūro, 1 (to take care of, attend to): to t. oneself about other people's business, aliena negotia curare, Cic. Top. 17, 66: they don't t. themselves about anything except ..., praeter ... nihil curant, id. Fin. 4, 14, 36: don't t. yourself! aliud cura! Ter. Ph. 2, 1, 5. Not to t. oneself about ..., neglĭgo, exi, ctum, 3: cf. Cic. N. D. 2, 66, fin., dii magna curant, parva negligunt: v. to attend to; and to neglect. Phr.: (I shall be glad) if you will help him, so far as you can without t.ing yourself, eum juveris, quod sine molestia tua fiat, Cic. Fam. 13, 23: in similar use, nisi molestum est: be so good as to stand up, if it is not t.ing you too much, tu autem, nisi m. est, exsurge, Cic. Clu. 60, fin.: or in declining a kindness, perh. benigne (I thank you kindly; but don't t. yourself!): cf. Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 16: I shall not t. myself about it, non ego laborem operamque meam in ea re ponam, consumam: v. preced. art. (I., 3). III. To disturb; disquiet: 1. sollĭcĭto, 1 (to disquiet): to t. the state, statum quietae civitatis s., Liv. 21, 10, fin.: so, s. pacem, id. 34, 16, extr.: oft. of the mind: to t. and distress any one, aliquem s. atque angere, Cic. Att. 1, 18. 2. turbo, perturbo, 1: v. to disturb. 3. vexo, 1 (a strong term: to treat with violence, as is done in war): cf. Cic. Cat. 1, 10, extr., quum bello vastabitur Italia, vexabuntur urbes: v. to harass. IV. In pass., to be t.d with something (esp. a complaint): lăbōro, 1 (esp. of maladies): to be t.d with gout in the feet, ex pedibus l., Cic. Fam. 9, 23: so, ex intestinis l., ib. 7, 26. May often be expr. by special verb or adj.: e. g. to be t.d with sickness, nauseare, Hor.: Cels.: to be t.d with fever, febricitare, Cels.: Cic.: t.d with dropsy, hydropicus, Hor.: with asthma, asthmaticus, Plin.: with stone, calculosus, Cels.: etc.: v. dropsy, fever, stone, etc. Also pass., to be t.d about anything, i. e. to be distressed or grieved: dŏleo; dolorem ex aliqua re capio: v. to grieve, vex. Phr.: he was not at all t.d (concerned) about that, nihil se ea re commoveri, Caes. B. G. 1, 40.
TROUBLE Copy link • TROUBLE 1. s. Pains, labor, opera: virium contentio: labor: negotium: studium. [SYN. in LABOR.] With great trouble, aegerrime: vix (scarcely): multa opera: magno labore: multo labore et sudore: multo negotio: without any trouble, facile: facili negotio: but mostly nullo negotio or sine negotio: to give one’s self trouble, multam operam consumere: to lose all one’s trouble, operam or operam et oleum perdere: frustra niti: to take trouble for anybody, niti pro aliquo: alicui operam praestare or dicare: to take trouble about anything, studere, operam dare or navare alicui rei (for the purpose of obtaining it): to take trouble to do anything, niti: eniti: laborare: elaborare. (The words are found in this connection and order.) eniti et efficere: eniti et contendere: contendere et laborare (all with ut): to take great trouble, omnibus viribus contendere: omnibus nervis conniti: omni ope atque opera eniti (all with ut). Don’t put yourself to any trouble, noli tibi molestiam exhibere: to take much trouble to no purpose, multam operam frustra consumere: to have trouble in anything, operam sustinere in aliqua re: to take or undertake the trouble, operam capere, suscipere, or obire: to spare no trouble, operae or labori non parcere: to submit to the trouble, aequo animo laborem ferre: to relieve anybody from the trouble, alicui laborem demere: I need not put myself to this trouble, hoc labore supersedere possum: it is not worth the trouble, non tanti est: it is worth the trouble, operae pretium est: don’t give yourself any trouble for me, noli mea causa laborare. Annoyance, molestia: onus (burden): cura (anxiety): incommodum. To give anybody trouble, alicui negotium facessere or exhibere (facere doubtful, Krebs); molestiam alicui afferre, exhibere; molestia aliquem afficere; some trouble, aliquid aspergere molestiae (i. e., as a drawback; the other circumstances being of a favorable or happy kind). To be a trouble to anybody, alicui esse molestiae (Plaut.), oneri (Liv.): onerare aliquem (Cic.). Affliction, Vid: To rest from his troubles, a vitae laboribus quietem capere. Commotion, Vid. 2. v. To tease, annoy, negotium facessere, negotium or molestiam exhibere alicui. To trouble anybody with anything, obtundere aliquem aliqua re (e.g., litteris, rogitando); obstrepere alicui (e.g., litteris); with entreaties, precibus fatigare aliquem: molestiam alicui afferre; molestia aliquem afficere; alicui aliqua re molestum or gravem esse. To disturb, disquiet, agitare (PROP., to put in motion; e.g., the water: hence to disturb, e.g., anyone, the mind): exagitare (PROP., to hunt up; hence to rouse, harass; e.g., one’s neighbors, the state): vexare (to attack): lacessere (to provoke to battle): carpere (to weaken by single, repeated attacks): commovere (to disturb the mind): sollicitare, sollicitum facere (to render anyone anxious or solicitous): pungere (with a pointed instrument, to touch sensibly): turbare, conturbare, perturbare (to perplex or confuse, to put out of tone). That troubles me, hoc male me habet: hoc me commovet, me pungit. To give pain, afflict, contristare (in conversational style, in caelius, ap. Cic., Ep., 8, 9, quite at the end; frequently in Sen., and Col.). Usually expressed by a circumlocution with dolorem alicui facere, efficere, afferre, commovere, incutere: dolore aliquem officere. I am troubled, doleo: dolet mihi: aegre or moleste fero: to trouble one’s self about anything = to be vexed or harassed on account of it, dolere or maerere rem or re: dolorem ex re accipere, capere, suscipere, haurire: molestiam trahere ex re: (much), magnum dolorem ex re accipere: ex re magnam animo molestiam capere. To trouble one’s self about anything = to care for it, laborare de re: curare aliquid: curae (☞ not curae cordique) mihi est aliquid: not to trouble one’s self about a thing, negligere, non curare aliquid: he has enough to trouble himself about, is rerum suarum satagit (comedy): not to trouble one’s self about anything at all, omni curatione et administratione rerum vacare: nihil omnino curare (of the heathen deities): soluto et quieto esse animo (to live without care; of men): to trouble one’s self to inquire or ask after anything, curare, quaerere aliquid; anquirere de aliquo or de aliqua re; alicujus rei rationem habere or ducere: I do not trouble myself about anyone, nihil curo aliquem: to trouble one’s self about other people’s concerns, aliena (negotia) curare, curare quae ad me non pertinent: anquirere de alieno: not to trouble one’s self about household concerns, omittere curas familiares: not to trouble one’s self about the opinions of others, non curare quid alii censeant: why should I trouble myself about it? quid mihi cum illa re? (what have I to do with it?): I do not trouble myself about it, nihil hoc ad me (scilicet, pertinet).