LAT

Lewis Short

taedĭum (noun N) : taedet
* Weariness, irksomeness, tediousness; loathing, disgust (not freq. till after the Aug. period; perh. not at all in Cic. or Caes.).
* Subject.
* With gen.: rerum adversarum,Sall. J. 62, 9: belli,Liv. 8, 2, 2: confectus taedio puellae, Auct. B. Alex. 23: taedio curarum fessus, Tac. A. 12, 39: taedium movere sui,id. ib. 13, 2: laboris,Quint. 2, 2, 6; 12, 3, 11: lucis,id. 1, 3, 16: capere taedium vitae,Gell. 7, 18, 11: educationis taedium suscipere libenter,Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 11.—In plur., Verg. G. 4, 332: longi belli,Ov. M. 13, 213: coepti mei,id. ib. 9, 615: tui,id. A. A. 1, 718.
* Transf., object., loathsomeness, a disgusting, loathsome, or irksome thing, a nuisance (Plinian): vetustas oleo taedium affert, a loathsome, rancid taste, smell, etc., Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7; 19, 6, 34, § 111; 29, 6, 39, § 141.—In plur.: non sunt ea taedia (sc. muscae et culices) in metallis,Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 167.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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