condolesco

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

con-dŏlesco, lŭi, 3, v. inch. n. [doleo], to feel severe pain, to suffer much, to be in pain or distress, to ache.

I Prop. (rare, but class. in prose and poetry; most freq. in temp. perf. ): mihi de vento miserae condoluit caput, Plaut. Truc. 2, 8, 2; so in perf. : latus ei dicenti, Cic. de Or. 3, 2, 6: pes, dens, id. Tusc. 2, 22, 52: homines, quorum alter ne condoluisse quidem umquam videtur, id. ib. 1, 18, 41: tentatum frigore corpus, * Hor. S. 1, 1, 80: admonitu matris, Ov. Tr. 5, 3, 32: naturā (hominem) condolescere dicerent, Cic. Ac. 1, 10, 38: ad suspitionem tactūs condolescunt (ulcera), Sen. Ira, 3, 9, 5.—*

II To suffer or sympathize with : anima corpori laeso ... condolescit Tert. Anim. 5.

Related Words

  • condolesco

    condolēscō luī, —, ēre, inchn. com- + doleo, to feel severe pain, suffer much, be in distress, ach...

    An Elementary Latin Dictionary