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“grudge” in Latin

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.