trībŭlo, no perf., ātum, 1, v. a. [tribulum].
I Lit., to press : θλίβω tribulo, presso, premo. Gloss, Philox.; Cato. R. R. 23, 4.—
II Trop., to oppress , afflict (eccl. Lat.): in omnibus tribulemur, Tert. adv. Gnost. 13 med. ; Ambros. Serm. 22, n. 1; Cassiod. Hist. Eccl. 1, 11.