doleō

doleō uital.-lat.

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”).

Verb

doleō (present infinitive dolēre, perfect active doluī, supine dolitum); second conjugation, no passive

1. (intransitive) to hurt, suffer (physical pain)
2. (intransitive) to be sorry, to grieve for, lament, deplore

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.le.oː/, [ˈd̪ɔɫ̪eoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈdo.le.o/, [ˈd̪ɔːleo]