English → Latin
“repining” in Latin
querēlacomplaint, protest, grievance; illness; lamentquerorto complain, lament, bewail; to be indignantquerimōniacomplaint (grievance)lāmentātiōlamentation, wailing, weeping, moaning
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
repining s.
querela: questus: querimonia: lamentatio: SYN. and PHR., in COMPLAINT.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for repining?
- The usual Latin words for “repining” are querēla, queror, querimōnia; also lāmentātiō. 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.