• REGRET

1. s. dolor (sorrow): desiderium (the longing after something of which one feels a want, hence mostly after what one no longer possesses): poenitentia (penitential regret). To be moved with regret; Vid :, To REGRET.

2. v. dolere: aegre or moleste ferre: lugere (to mourn for). It is to be regretted that, dolendum est, quod, etc. Hence, (a) To rue or repent of anything, poenitet me alicujus rei. I do not regret having been of their opinion, me non poenitet eorum sententiae fuisse: I regret that I was not present, dolet mini, non adfuisse. (b) To miss an object, desiderare aliquid: desiderio alicujus moveri (to regret a person who is dead; e.g., Scipionis, Cic., Lael., 3): he made us bitterly regret his prudential wisdom, prudentiae suae triste nobis desiderium reliquit. I regret town, desiderium me tenet urbis (Cic.).