A.rending, mangling, Sch.Il.17.62.
2. irritation, of purgatives or plasters, Sor.2.41,42, Archig. ap. Orib.8.2.8, Orib.Fr.74.
3. annoyance, vexation, freq. in pl., LXX 3 Ma.3.25, 4.6, Artem.2.30, Man.4.364, Ptol.Tetr.206, Petos. ap. Vett.Val.96.6; of a lover's violence, AP5.198 (Hedyl.): sg., PTeb.41.7 (ii B.C.), PFay.111.5 (i A.D.), al., Vett.Val.180.7.
4. expenditure of effort, trouble, POxy.941.5 (vi A.D.).