regret (v.) Copy link Outline I. To feel the want of1. Sometimes rĕquīro, quīsīvi, or sii, quīsītum, 3 (to miss)2. More commonly expr. by a phr. with dēsīdĕriumII. To be sorry for1. dŏleo, 2 (to grieve)2. pĭget, 2, impers. (constr. with acc. of Eng. subject and gen. of object or inf. mood)3. poenĭtet, 2, impers. (same constr.) • regret (v.): I. To feel the want of: 1. Sometimes rĕquīro, quīsīvi, or sii, quīsītum, 3 (to miss): they r. their lost comrades in their talk, amissos socios sermone requirunt, Virg. Aen. 1, 217: or by dēsīdĕro, 1 (to feel the loss of: rare): v. miss. 2. More commonly expr. by a phr. with dēsīdĕrium: to r. the loss of Scipio, Scipionis desiderio moveri, Cic. Am. 3, 10: to r. the loss of their strength, desiderio virium teneri, id. Sen. 10, 33: to r., esse in desiderio, id. Fam. 2, 12, 3. Phr.: I never saw anything better; and therefore I r. him, nihil vidi melius; itaque careo aegre, id. Att. 7, 2, ad init. II. To be sorry for: 1. dŏleo, 2 (to grieve): I r. that you are not delighted at your own prosperity, doleo te non tuis bonis delectari, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1: v. grieve. 2. pĭget, 2, impers. (constr. with acc. of Eng. subject and gen. of object or inf. mood): I r. the depravity of the state, me p. civitatis morum, Sall. Cat. 4: I r. to have to relate, (me) p. referre, Liv. 9, 18., med. 3. poenĭtet, 2, impers. (same constr.): v. to repent.