mŏlestĭa, ae, f. [molestus], trouble, troublesomeness, irksomeness, uneasiness, annoyance, molestation, vexation, disgust, dislike, etc. (class.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: sine molestiā, Cato R. R. 154; cf.: sine molestiā tuā, without trouble to yourself , Cic. Fam. 13, 23, 2: molestiam exhibere, to cause , id. ib. 12, 30, 1: habeo etiam illam molestiam, quod, etc., id. ib. 16, 12, 5: fasces habent molestiam, produce, cause , id. Att. 8, 3, 6: ex pernicie rei publicae molestiam trahere, to feel troubled , id. Fam. 4, 3, 1: capere, to be vexed, annoyed , id. Sull. 1, 1: alicui aspergere, to give, occasion , id. Q. Fr. 2, 10, 2: afferre, Ter. Hec. 344: demere, id. Ad. 819: molestiis se laxare, Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 3: navigandi, Suet. Calig. 23.—
B In partic., of speech, stiffness, affectation : diligens elegantia sine molestiā, Cic. Brut. 38, 143: si nihil habere molestiarum Atticorum est, id. ib. 91, 315.—
II Transf., concr., that which causes trouble, an annoyance : sermones ne et hic viris sint et domi molestiae, Plaut. Poen. prol. 35; of spots or blotches on the face: molestiae in facie, Plin. 28, 8, 28, § 109.