pain (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Bodily sufferingII. Mental distressIII. PenaltyIV. Trouble, effort; in this sense usu. pl. • pain (subs.): I. Bodily suffering: dŏlor (most gen. term): bodily p., d. corporis, Lucr. 4, 1075: Cic. Tusc. 2, 6, 16: to suffer from intense p., summis d. premi, Cic. l. c.: to bear p., d. ferre, ib. 2, 10, init.: to be overcome by p., dolore frangi, debilitari, ib. 2, 13, 31; when the fiercest fits of p. come on, dolorum quum admoventur faces, id. Off. 2, 10, 37. Phr.: to be in p., dolēre: oft. of parts of the body (= to ache), Cic. Tusc. 2, 19, 44: also, condolescere (rare except in perf. tenses): his side caused him (great) p. as he was speaking, condoluisse latus ei dicenti, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6 (see also painful). To suffer excruciating p., incredibiles cruciatus et indignissima tormenta pati, Plin. Ep. 1, 12, 6. II. Mental distress: dŏlor, aegrĭtūdo, angor: v. grief, anguish. III. Penalty: q. v. IV. Trouble, effort; in this sense usu. pl.: v. pains.