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“sorrow” in Latin
trīstitiasadness, sorrow, melancholy, sloth; the (sad) state of things; moroseness, sournessmaestitiasadness, sorrow, grief, dejection, melancholymaerormourning, grief, lamentation; sorrowīnferōto carry, bring, put, place, or throw in, into, to, or upon somewhere or something; insert; to bring forward, introduce,
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
sorrow
tristitia: maestitia: maeror (great sorrow): Feigned sorrow, tristitia simulata: to give way to sorrow, se tradere tristitiae: to cause sorrow, tristitiam alicui afferre or inferre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for sorrow?
- The usual Latin words for “sorrow” are trīstitia, maestitia, maeror; also īnferō. 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.