noun
prae-mŏlestĭa
Meaning
- trouble beforehand
prae-mŏlestĭa, ae, f.,
I. trouble beforehand, anxiety, apprehension; another term for metus:
alii metum praemolestiam appellabant, quod est quasi dux consequentis molestiae, Cic. Tusc. 4, 30, 64.