repentance Copy link Outline 1. poenĭtentia (not in Cic.)2. expr. more freq. by the verb3. poenĭtūdo (obsol.)4. rĕsĭpiscentia (late and rare) • repentance: 1. poenĭtentia (not in Cic.): (he said) that r. follows quickly, yet too late and in vain, celerem p. sequi sed eandem seram atque inutilem, Liv. 31, 32: to find no place of r., nullum invenire poenitentiae locum, Vulg. Heb. xii. 16. 2. expr. more freq. by the verb: to reform our faults by r., corrigere errorem poenitendo, Cic. Acad. fragm. in Lact. 6, 24: so deep was his r., tanta fuit vis poenitendi, id. Tusc. 4, 37, 79: to go to such lengths that there was no room left them for r., eo procedere unde receptum ad poenitendum non haberent, Liv. 42, 13. 3. poenĭtūdo (obsol.): Pac. 4. rĕsĭpiscentia (late and rare): Lact.
REPENTANCE Copy link • REPENTANCEpoenitentia (general term): *dolor ex peccatorum recordatione conceptus (in the theological sense). Repentance comes too late, sera aliquem subit poenitentia; celeris poenitentia, sed eadem sera atque inutilis sequitur: where repentance is not possible, unde receptum ad poenitentiam non babeas: so deep was his repentance, tanta vis fuit poenitendi (Curt.): *to leave room for repentance, poenitentiae relinquere locum.