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paeniteo.

to cause (someone) to regret or repent

8 characters3 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb[pae̯ˈnɪ.te.oː]Classical-Latin[peˈniː.te.o]
  1. to cause (someone) to regret or repent

    conjugation-2 · transitive
  2. to regret, repent; to be sorry

    conjugation-2 · intransitive
  3. (with accusative of person, genitive of thing or infinitive) to regret

    conjugation-2 · impersonal
    Mē paenitet alicuius reī.
    Eum errōris suī multum paenituit.
Where this word comes from

Perhaps related to paene (“almost”) and to paenūria (“shortage”), meaning lack/shortage/dissatisfaction.

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