regret
regret
subs.
Remorse: P. and V. μετᾰμέλεια, ἡ (Eur. Frag.), P. μετάνοια, ἡ, μετάμελος, ὁ, V. μετάγνοια, ἡ. Sorrow for something lost or absent: P. and V. πόθος, ὁ (Plat.).
Tears of regret: V. ποθεινὰ δάκρυα, τά.
subs.
Remorse: P. and V. μετᾰμέλεια, ἡ (Eur. Frag.), P. μετάνοια, ἡ, μετάμελος, ὁ, V. μετάγνοια, ἡ. Sorrow for something lost or absent: P. and V. πόθος, ὁ (Plat.).
Tears of regret: V. ποθεινὰ δάκρυα, τά.
regret
v. trans.
Repent of: P. and V. μετᾰγιγνώσκειν (acc.).
I regret: Ar. and P. μετᾰμέλει μοι (gen.).
They regretted that they had not accepted the proposals for a truce: P. μετεμέλοντο τὰς σπονδὰς οὐ δεξάμενοι (Thuc., 4, 27).
Miss, feel the loss of: P. and V. ποθεῖν (acc.).
Lament: Ar. and P. ἀ̆γᾰνακτεῖν (dat.), χᾰλεπαίνειν (dat.), V. πικρῶς φέρειν, δυσφορεῖν (dat.).
Rue: V. ἀσχάλλειν (dat.) (Aesch. P.V. 764).
v. trans.
Repent of: P. and V. μετᾰγιγνώσκειν (acc.).
I regret: Ar. and P. μετᾰμέλει μοι (gen.).
They regretted that they had not accepted the proposals for a truce: P. μετεμέλοντο τὰς σπονδὰς οὐ δεξάμενοι (Thuc., 4, 27).
Miss, feel the loss of: P. and V. ποθεῖν (acc.).
Lament: Ar. and P. ἀ̆γᾰνακτεῖν (dat.), χᾰλεπαίνειν (dat.), V. πικρῶς φέρειν, δυσφορεῖν (dat.).
Rue: V. ἀσχάλλειν (dat.) (Aesch. P.V. 764).
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.
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.
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 mihi 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.).
regret (subs.):
1. dēsīdĕrium (a longing; esp. for what is lost: the form desideratio occurs in Cic. Sen. 14, 47): r. for one's own relations is natural, naturale d. suorum est, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 7, 1: the r.s of the whole of Italy, d. totius Italiae, id. ib. 3, 1: r. for so dear a person, d. tam cari capitis, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 1: he has left us mournful r. for his wisdom, prudentiae suae triste nobis d. reliquit, Cic. Brut. 1, 2.
2. more indef. dŏlor: v.SORROW . Join: desiderium ac d., Cic. Fam. 5, 17, 4.
3. poenĭtentia: v.REPENTANCE .
1. dēsīdĕrium (a longing; esp. for what is lost: the form desideratio occurs in Cic. Sen. 14, 47): r. for one's own relations is natural, naturale d. suorum est, Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 7, 1: the r.s of the whole of Italy, d. totius Italiae, id. ib. 3, 1: r. for so dear a person, d. tam cari capitis, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 1: he has left us mournful r. for his wisdom, prudentiae suae triste nobis d. reliquit, Cic. Brut. 1, 2.
2. more indef. dŏlor: v.
3. poenĭtentia: v.
regret (v.):
I. To feel the want of:
1. Sometimes rĕquīro, quīsīvi, or sii, quīsītum, 3 (to miss): they r. their lost comrades in their talk, amissos socios sermone requirunt, Virg. Aen. 1, 217: or by dēsīdĕro, 1 (to feel the loss of: rare): v.MISS .
2. More commonly expr. by a phr. with dēsīdĕrium: to r. the loss of Scipio, Scipionis desiderio moveri, Cic. Am. 3, 10: to r. the loss of their strength, desiderio virium teneri, id. Sen. 10, 33: to r., esse in desiderio, id. Fam. 2, 12, 3. Phr.: I never saw anything better; and therefore I r. him, nihil vidi melius; itaque careo aegre, id. Att. 7, 2, ad init.
II. To be sorry for:
1. dŏleo, 2 (to grieve): I r. that you are not delighted at your own prosperity, doleo te non tuis bonis delectari, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1: v.GRIEVE .
2. pĭget, 2, impers. (constr. with acc. of Eng. subject and gen. of object or inf. mood): I r. the depravity of the state, me p. civitatis morum, Sall. Cat. 4: I r. to have to relate, (me) p. referre, Liv. 9, 18. med.
3. poenĭtet, 2, impers. (same constr.): v.TO REPENT .
I. To feel the want of:
1. Sometimes rĕquīro, quīsīvi, or sii, quīsītum, 3 (to miss): they r. their lost comrades in their talk, amissos socios sermone requirunt, Virg. Aen. 1, 217: or by dēsīdĕro, 1 (to feel the loss of: rare): v.
2. More commonly expr. by a phr. with dēsīdĕrium: to r. the loss of Scipio, Scipionis desiderio moveri, Cic. Am. 3, 10: to r. the loss of their strength, desiderio virium teneri, id. Sen. 10, 33: to r., esse in desiderio, id. Fam. 2, 12, 3. Phr.: I never saw anything better; and therefore I r. him, nihil vidi melius; itaque careo aegre, id. Att. 7, 2, ad init.
II. To be sorry for:
1. dŏleo, 2 (to grieve): I r. that you are not delighted at your own prosperity, doleo te non tuis bonis delectari, Cic. Fam. 4, 3, 1: v.
2. pĭget, 2, impers. (constr. with acc. of Eng. subject and gen. of object or inf. mood): I r. the depravity of the state, me p. civitatis morum, Sall. Cat. 4: I r. to have to relate, (me) p. referre, Liv. 9, 18. med.
3. poenĭtet, 2, impers. (same constr.): v.
μεταμέλομαι
feel repentance, regret
repentance, regret
μεταμέλεια
change of purpose, regret, repentance
feel repentance, regret
appearing fewer than 50 times
μετάμελοςrepentance, regret
μεταμέλεια
change of purpose, regret, repentance