English → Latin
“grieve” in Latin
sollicitōto disturb, disquiet, stir, agitate, distress, harass, vex, make anxious; to solicit, tempt, seduce, attract, induce; tosollicitūdōanxiety, worry, concern, uneasiness; watchful concern, solicitude; anxious care or attention, painstakingnessaegritūdōillness, sickness; grief, sorrowdoleōto hurt, suffer (physical pain); to be sorry, to grieve for, lament, deplorelūgeōto mourn, lament, bewail, deploreafflīctōto strike or strike down repeatedly, harass; damage, injure, shatter; to trouble, afflict, agitate, vex, torment, distre
The English word grieve itself goes back to Latin gravis, through gravo.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
grieve
TRANS.,
To cause grief, sollicitare: sollicitum habere: sollicitudine or aegritudine afficere: sollicitudinem or aegritudinem alicui afferre. To grieve much, excruciare alicujus animum et sollicitare: to grieve anybody, sollicitudine or moerore afficere aliquem :aegritudinem or moerorem afferre alicui: to be grieved, moerore affici, urgeri. It grieves me that, etc. [Vid: “I GRIEVE that”]. I am grieved at anything; Vid: to GRIEVE for anything (intrans.).
grieve
INTRANS., dolere: moerere: lugere [SNY. of substantives in GRIEF]: in moerore esse: in moerore jacere (stronger term); also, sollicitudinem habere; in sollicitudine esse; aegritudinem suscipere; aegritudine affici; se afflictare, afflictari: to grieve at, for, anybody or anything, aegre fero aliquid; poenitet aliquem alicujus rei, or with quod; doleo aliquid, or aliqua re, or de aliqua re, or aliquo; sometimes ex aliquo or aliqua re (of the source from which the grief proceeds, ex me doluisti, Cic.; ex commutatione rerum dolere, Caes.); aegre, or graviter, or moleste fero aliquid (stronger terms): anything grieves me much, valde doleo aliquid; acerbe fero aliquid; doleo et acerbe fero aliquid: I grieve that, etc., doleo or aegre (graviter or moleste) fero, with accusative and infinitive: I grieve that, etc., (hoc) mihi dolet, with accusative and infinitive, or with quod (sometimes quia), the dolere often taking id (si id dolemus, quod, etc., Cic.). I am grieved when or if, etc., doleo, si, etc., I am grieved exceedingly, if, etc., doleo et acerbe fero, si, etc.; aegritudinem suscipere ex re or propter aliquem; moerere aliquid or aliqua re: to grieve one’s self to death, moerore se conficere; moerore confici :aegritudine, curis confici. To grieve at being conquered by anybody, dolere se ab aliquo superari.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for grieve?
- The usual Latin words for “grieve” are sollicitō, sollicitūdō, aegritūdō; also doleō, lūgeō, afflīctō. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.