I.weariness, irksomeness, tediousness; loathing, disgust (not freq. till after the Aug. period; perh. not at all in Cic. or Cæs.).
I. Subject.
(α).
With gen.: “rerum adversarum,” Sall. J. 62, 9: “belli,” Liv. 8, 2, 2: confectus taedio puellae, Auct. B. Alex. 23: taedio curarum fessus, Tac. A. 12, 39: “taedium movere sui,” id. ib. 13, 2: “laboris,” Quint. 2, 2, 6; 12, 3, 11: “lucis,” id. 1, 3, 16: “capere taedium vitae,” Gell. 7, 18, 11: “educationis taedium suscipere libenter,” Plin. Ep. 1, 8, 11.—In plur., Verg. G. 4, 332: “longi belli,” Ov. M. 13, 213: “coepti mei,” id. ib. 9, 615: “tui,” id. A. A. 1, 718.—
(β).
Absol.: “cum oppugnatio obsidentibus prius saepe quam obsessis taedium afferat,” Liv. 34, 34, 2; so, “afferre,” Quint. 5, 12, 8: “evitare,” id. 10, 1, 31: “cum virtutes etiam ipsae taedium pariant, nisi, etc.,” id. 9, 4, 43: “supervacua cum taedio dicuntur,” id. 4, 2, 44: “esse taedio alicui,” Plin. Ep. 8, 18, 8: “sollicitum taedium,” Hor. C. 1, 14, 17: “ne te capiant taedia,” Tib. 1, 4, 16: “taedium facere,” Plin. 31, 3, 21, § 34: “taedio aliquem afficere,” Tac. A. 6, 7: “taedia subeunt animos,” Juv. 7, 34.—
II. Transf., object., loathsomeness, a disgusting, loathsome, or irksome thing, a nuisance (Plinian): vetustas oleo taedium affert, a loathsome, rancid taste, smell, etc., Plin. 15, 2, 3, § 7; 19, 6, 34, § 111; 29, 6, 39, § 141.—In plur.: “non sunt ea taedia (sc. muscae et culices) in metallis,” Plin. 34, 18, 50, § 167.
