I.repentance, penitence (not in Cic.; cf. Aus. Ep. 12, 10).—Absol.: “celerem paenitentiam sequi,” Liv. 31, 32: “nec poenā commilitonum exterriti, nec paenitentiā conversi,” Tac. A. 1, 45: “fidelissimus est ad honesta ex paenitentiā transitus,” Sen. Q. N. 3, praef. 3.—Plur.: “serae dant poenas turpes paenitentiae,” Phaedr. 1, 13, 2.—With gen.: “coepti,” Quint. 12, 5, 3: “dicti,” id. 9, 2, 60: “gestae rei,” Plin. 17, 12, 19, § 94; 10, 23, 33, § 67: paenitentiam agere, to repent: “eo usque processum est, ut non paeniturum pro non acturo paenitentiam dixerit (Sallustius),” Quint. 9, 3, 12: “ejus (facinoris),” Curt. 8, 6, 23; Plin. Ep. 7, 10, 3; Sen. Suas. 6, 11; 7, 10; Vulg. Matt. 3, 2 al.
paenĭtentĭa , ae, f. paeniteo,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
The National Endowment for the Humanities provided support for entering this text.
hide
Dictionary Entry Lookup
Use this tool to search for dictionary entries in all lexica.
