grief Copy link Outline 1. dŏlor (most gen. term)2. aegrĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (any uneasiness of mind3. moeror (sorrow, mourning; with ref. to outward signs of g.)4. luctus, ūs (deep g.) • grief: 1. dŏlor (most gen. term): to cause any one g., alicui d. afferre, facere, Cic.: to be affected with great g., magno d. affici, Cic.: the death of Ariovistus is a source of great g. to the Germans, magno est dolori Germanis Ariovisti mors, Caes.: to feel g. at anything, ex aliqua re d. percipere (capere), Cic. Rep. 1, 4: to revive any one's g., alicujus d. refricare, Cic. de Or. 2, 48, fin.; cf. d. suum scindere, Cic. Att. 3, 15, 2: to diminish and assuage g., d. minuere ac mollire, Sulp. in Cic. Fam. 4, 5, 4. 2. aegrĭtūdo, ĭnis, f. (any uneasiness of mind: Cic. Tusc. 3, 10): to die of g., aegritudine mori, Pl. 3. moeror (sorrow, mourning; with ref. to outward signs of g.): g. is an uneasiness of mind attended with tears, m. est aegritudo flebilis, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: to be overwhelmed with g., jacere in moerore, Cic. Att. 10, 4, med. 4. luctus, ūs (deep g.): g. is distress at the bitter end of one who was dear, l. est aegritudo ex ejus qui carus fuit interitu acerbo, Cic. Tusc. 4, 8, 18: to be overwhelmed with lamentations and g., in [sordibus], lamentis, luctu jacere, Cic. in Pis. 36, 89. (N.B.--Though specially applicable to grief for bereavement, acc. to Cic.'s definition, luctus may be used of other keen sorrow: cf. Cic. Fam. 14, 1, init.) To be in g., dŏleo, moereo, etc.: v. to grieve, mourn. See also sorrow.