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Supposedly, utilitarians are able to add and subtract hedons (units of pleasure) and dolors (units of pain) without any signs of cognitive or affective distress […]
“dolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“dolor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
dolor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
time will assuage his grief: dies dolorem mitigabit
to soothe grief: consolari dolorem alicuius
to feel pain: dolore affici
to be vexed about a thing: dolorem capere (percipere) ex aliqua re
to feel acute pain: doloribus premi, angi, ardere, cruciari, distineri et divelli
to cause a person pain: dolorem alicui facere, afferre, commovere
to cause any one very acute pain: acerbum dolorem alicui inurere
the pain is very severe: acer morsus doloris est (Tusc. 2. 22. 53)
to find relief in tears: dolorem in lacrimas effundere
to give way to grief: dolori indulgere
grief has struck deep into his soul: dolor infixus animo haeret (Phil. 2. 26)
to be wasted with grief; to die of grief: dolore confici, tabescere
the pain grows less: dolores remittunt, relaxant
to struggle against grief: dolori resistere
to render insensible to pain: callum obduceredolori (Tusc. 2. 15. 36)
I have become callous to all pain: animus meus ad dolorem obduruit (Fam. 2. 16. 1)
to banish grief: dolorem abicere, deponere, depellere
to free a person from his pain: dolorem alicui eripere (Att. 9. 6. 4)
to my sorrow: cum magno meo dolore
dolor in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016