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“grudge” in Latin
inclūdōto shut up or in, confine, enclose, imprison, keep in; to obstruct, restrain, hinder; to limit, controldolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeance
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
grudge
To envy, invidere alicui: somewhat to grudge, subinvidere alicui. To grudge anybody anything, invidere alicui aliquid (e.g., Hor., Sat., 1, 6, 49, sq., invidere alicui honorem); not to grudge anybody anything, non invidere alicui aliquid., I do not grudge him it, per me habeat: do not grudge me it, noli mihi invidere: he does not grudge others some part of his superfluities, de suo, quod ei superat, aliis gratificari vult.
To murmur, Vid:
To be unwilling to do, etc., anything, gravari aliquid facere, dare, etc.: not to grudge to do anything, non gravari aliquid facere, or non gravate aliquid facere: to grudge anybody a letter, gravari ad aliquem litteras dare: not to grudge an answer, non gravate respondere: don’t let him grudge me my request, quod cupiam, ne gravetur (Plaut.). I implore you not to grudge us the completion of the work you have begun, rogo, ut ne gravere exaedificare id opus, quod instituisti (Cic.): cf., gravari aliquid aliquem is not Ciceronian.
grudge s.
odium occultum or inclusum (general term for any secret hatred): simultas obscura (hidden or concealed enmity between parties or persons, especially with reference to political matters: ☞ “simultas” by itself does not convey the meaning of our word “grudge’): dolor (the painful feeling produced by a suffered offence; Vid: Cic., Ecl., p. 88): a just grudge, dolor Justus: to bear a grudge against anybody, or owe anybody a grudge, odium occultum gerere adversus aliquem (after Plin., 8, 18, 26): they bear a grudge to each other, simultas obscura inter eos intercedit (after Caes., B.G., 2, 25).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for grudge?
- The usual Latin words for “grudge” are inclūdō, dolor. 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.