molestia ae, f molestus, trouble, irksomeness, uneasiness, annoyance, molestation, vexation, distress: sine molestiā tuā, without trouble to yourself: molestiam exhibere, cause: fasces habent molestiam, cause: ex pernicie rei p. molestiam trahere, feel troubled: capere, be vexed: mihi epistula hoc adspersit molestiae, gave occasion: mihi demere molestiam, T.
—Of speech, stiffness, affectation: diligens elegantia sine molestiā: si nihil habere molestiarum Atticorum est.