regret (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. dēsīdĕrium (a longing; esp. for what is lost2. more indef. dŏlor3. poenĭtentia • regret (subs.): 1. dēsīdĕrium (a longing; esp. for what is lost: the form desideratio occurs in Cic. Sen. 14, 47): r. for one's own relations is natural, naturale d. suorum est, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 7, 1: the r.s of the whole of Italy, d. totius Italiae, id. ib. 3, 1: r. for so dear a person, d. tam cari capitis, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 1: he has left us mournful r. for his wisdom, prudentiae suae triste nobis d. reliquit, Cic. Brut. 1, 2. 2. more indef. dŏlor: v. sorrow. Join: desiderium ac d., Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 4. 3. poenĭtentia: v. repentance.
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.
REGRET Copy link • 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.).