taedet, dŭit or sum est, 2, v. impers. [perh. root tau-; Sanscr. tu-, to be strong; tiv-, to grow fat; cf. tumeo].
- I. It disgusts, offends, wearies one; I (thou, he, etc.) am disgusted, offended, tired, weary of, I loathe, etc.; with acc. of the person and gen. of the thing; or with inf. (cf. piget): sunt homines, quos libidinis infamiaeque suae neque pudeat neque taedeat, Cic. Verr. 1, 12, 35: eos vitae, id. Att. 5, 16, 2: vos talium civium, id. Fl. 42, 105; cf.: ita me ibi male convivii sermonisque Taesum est, Plaut. Most. 1, 4, 5; Sall. J. 4, 9: taedet ipsum Pompeium vehementerque paenitet, Cic. Att. 2, 22, 6: me, Ter. Eun. 3, 2, 11; id. Fam. 7, 1, 4: abeo intro; taedet sermonis tui, Plaut. Cas. 1, 54: cottidianarum harum formarum, Ter. Eun. 2, 3, 6: omnium, id. Ad. 1, 2, 71: mentionis, Caecil. ap. Gell. 2, 23, 13: taedet jam audire eadem miliens, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 2: taedet caeli convexa tueri, Verg. A. 4, 451; 5, 617; 10, 888: taeduit incohasse, Sid. Ep. 8, 15.
- II. In late Lat., sometimes as a personal verb, to be disgusted with, be weary of, etc.: coepi taedere captivitatis, Hier. Vit. Malch. n. 7: exterrita est quae parit et taeduit animam, Lact. 4, 19, 4; Vulg. Marc. 14, 33.