plague (subs.) Copy link Outline I. PestilenceII. Any very great evil1. pestis, is, f.2. p āgaIII. Colloq., a source of annoyanceIV. Also colloq. in imprecations mălum! what, the p.. are you telling me? quid, malum, mihi narras? Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 18, et pass. Phr. • plague (subs.): I. Pestilence: pestĭlentia: v. pestilence. II. Any very great evil: 1. pestis, is, f.: Cic. N. D. 1, 36, 101 (= p. of serpents): v. scourge. Esp. to denote a very pernicious person: v. pest. 2. p āga: Vulg. Ex. xi. 1, etc. III. Colloq., a source of annoyance: expr. by mŏlestus, ŏdiōsus: cf. Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 24 (cf. foll. art.): if you are determined to be a p., si porro esse odiosi pergitis, id. Ph. 5, 7, 44. IV. Also colloq. in imprecations mălum! what, the p.. are you telling me? quid, malum, mihi narras? Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 18, et pass. Phr.: p. take you! in malam crucem! id. Ph. 2., 3, 21: Pl.: so, abi dierecte! Pl. Most. 1, 1, 8.
plague (v.) Copy link • plague (v.): Phr.: don't p. me, molestus ne sis! Pl. As. 2, 4, 63: at all events I shall p. him! molestus certe ei fuero! Ter. Andr. 4, 1, 17: or expr. by molestiam alicui exhibere, Cic. Fam. 12, 30; afferre, Ter. Hec. 3, 2, 9 (v. to trouble, annoy): to p. any one to death, enecare (enicare) aliquem; e. g. rogitando, Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 6.
PLAGUE Copy link • PLAGUE 1. s. A pestilence, pestilentia (☞ not pestis) [Vid: PESTILENCE]. An evil, trouble, malum; incommodum. Annoyance, molestia; onus: to be a plague to anybody, alicui esse molestiae (Plaut.), oneri (Liv.); onerare aliquem (Cic.). 2. v. molestiam alicui afferre; molestia aliquem afficere; vexare; alicui aliqua re molestum or gravem esse: to plague one’s self, se magnis in laboribus exercere.