LAT

Lewis Short

vexātĭo (noun F) : vexo
* A violent movement, shaking.
* Lit. (rare): partus,Plin. 28, 19, 77, § 253: minima pomorum,Petr. 60: ipsā enim vexatione constringitur (arbor) et radices certius figit,Sen. Prov. 4, 16.
* Trop., agitation, trial: nisi agitetur (virtus), nisi assiduā vexatione roboretur, non potest esse perfecta,Lact. 3, 29, 26.
* Transf., in gen., discomfort, annoyance, hardship, distress; trouble, vexation: corporis,Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: vulneris,Liv. 21, 48, 7: cum omni genere vexationis processerunt,id. 44, 5, 8: viae,Col. 1, 3, 3: stomachi,Plin. 31, 6, 35, § 68: dentes sine vexatione extrahere,id. 32, 7, 26, § 79: ut virgines Vestales ex acerbissimā vexatione eriperem,Cic. Cat. 4, 1, 2: vexatio direptioque sociorum,id. ib. 1, 7, 18: per vexationem et contumelias,Liv. 38, 59, 9: multā cum vexatione,Curt. 5, 4, 21: sine magnā vexatione,id. 6, 5, 13.
* Persecution, Sulp. Sev. 1, 1, 3.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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