I.a violent complaining or bewailing, complaint (very rare).
I. Prop.
A. In gen.: “nulla, nullum auxilium,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 7, § 22; id. Or. 39, 135: “illa adversus omnes,” Quint. 5, 13, 41: “longa de bellis civilibus,” id. 8, 3, 78: “dolorum praeteritorum,” Sen. Ep. 78, 12. —
B. Esp., in rhet.: “conquestio est oratio auditorum misericordiam captans,” Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106; cf. id. ib. 1, 52, 98; Auct. Her. 3, 13, 24.—
II. Transf., of the plaintive notes of birds, Plin. 10, 23, 33, § 66.
