English → Latin
“tedious” in Latin
molestustroublesome, irksome, grievous, annoying, tiresomeōrātiōspeech, discourse, language; the power of speech; manner or style of speaking
The English word tedious itself goes back to Latin taedium, through taediōsus.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
tedious
molestus: taedii plenus: taedium creans (e.g., oratio, narratio molesta, taedii plena, quae facit ut temporis moram sentiamus). A tedious speaker, odiosus in dicendo: a tedious war, bellum diuturnum ac lentum: a tedious affair, res lenta (Liv.); negotium lentum (Cic.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for tedious?
- The usual Latin words for “tedious” are molestus, ōrātiō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.