doleō
From Proto-Italic *doleō (“hurt, cause pain”), from Proto-Indo-European *dolh₁éyeti (“divide”), from *delh₁- (“cut”). The sense development is thus assumed to be that "divide" came to mean "divide someone into pieces, hurt". Compare dolō (“hew, fashion, devise”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈdo.le.oː/, [ˈd̪ɔɫ̪eoː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈdo.le.o/, [ˈd̪ɔːleo]
Verb
doleō (present infinitive dolēre, perfect active doluī, supine dolitum); second conjugation, no passive
- (intransitive) to hurt, suffer (physical pain) [ quotations ▼]
- (intransitive) to be sorry, to grieve for, lament, deplore [ quotations ▼]