English → Latin
“regret” in Latin
dolorpain, ache, hurt; anguish, grief, sorrow; indignation, resentment, anger, fury, vengeancedēsīderiumlonging, desire, wish (especially for something once possessed); grief, regret (desire for something lost); need, necesspaenitentiarepentance, penitence, regret; penancedoleōto hurt, suffer (physical pain); to be sorry, to grieve for, lament, deploreaegersick, ill; weak, feeble; difficult, reluctant, troublesomelūgeōto mourn, lament, bewail, deploreet cēteraet cetera, and the rest, and so on: used to note that the rest of a list or piece of information continues in a similar
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
regret 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.
regret 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.).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for regret?
- The usual Latin words for “regret” are dolor, dēsīderium, paenitentia; also doleō, aeger, lūgeō. 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.