I.a complaining, complaint (class.).
I. Lit.
A. Ingen.: “intervenit nonnullorum querelis,” Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 1, § 2: “hominum vel admiratio vel querela,” id. Lael. 1, 2: “inveterata,” id. ib. 10, 36: “epistula plena querelarum,” id. Q. Fr. 3, 8, 1: “longae,” Ov. F. 4, 83: “vestrum beneficium nonnullam habet querelam,” gives some occasion for complaint, Cic. Fam. 10, 28, 1: “his de tot tantisque injuriis,” id. Sest. 30, 64: “cui sunt inauditae cum Deiotaro querelae tuae?” id. Deiot. 3, 9: “querela Lucretiae patris ac propinquorum,” id. Rep. 2, 25, 46: “QVI VIXIT SINE VLLA QVERELA CVM CONIVGE,” without any complaint, Inscr. Grut. 480, 5.—With obj.-gen.: “frontis tui,” Cic. Pis. 1, 1: “querela temporum,” against the times, id. Fam. 2, 16, 1: “aequalium meorum,” id. Sen. 3, 7.— With quod: “an quod a sociis eorum non abstinuerim, justam querelam habent,” Liv. 32, 34, 5.—With obj.clause: “falsa est querela, paucissimis hominibus vim percipiendi, quae tradantur, esse concessam,” Quint. 1, 1, 1. —
B. In partic., a complaint, accusation (postAug.): “advocati flagitabant, uti judex querelam inspiceret,” Petr. 15: “frequentes,” Dig. 5, 2, 1: “instituere,” to institute, ib. 5, 2, 8; 5, 2, 21; Val. Max. 9, 10, 2. —
II. Transf.
A. A plaintive song for lulling children to sleep: “longa somnum suadere querela,” Stat. Th. 5, 616. —
B. A plaintive sound, plaintive note, plaint; of animals or instruments. — “Of swans: tollunt lugubri voce querellam,” Lucr. 4, 546.— “Of frogs: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querellam,” Verg. G. 1, 378; cf. id. A. 8, 215.—Of doves, Plin. 10, 34, 52, § 104.— Of the plaintive tones of the tibia: “dulcesque querellas, Tibia quas fundit,” Lucr. 4, 584; 5, 1384.—
