condoleo

See also: Condoleo

Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ doleō (feel pain, suffer). Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *delh₁-, whence also Latin dolō.

Compare typologically Russian сокруша́ться (sokrušátʹsja) (со- (so-) prefixed, akin to круши́ть (krušítʹ)); соболе́зновать (soboléznovatʹ) (со- (so-) prefixed, akin to боле́ть (bolétʹ), боль (bolʹ)).

Pronunciation

Verb

condoleō (present infinitive condolēre, perfect active condoluī); second conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. to feel severe pain, suffer greatly
  2. to suffer with or feel another's pain; condole

Conjugation

Descendants

  • Catalan: condoldre's, condolir-se
  • Dutch: condoleren
  • English: condole
  • French: condouloir
  • Galician: condoer
  • Italian: condolersi
  • Portuguese: condoer
  • Spanish: condoler

See also

References

  • condoleo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • condoleo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.