in-dŏlesco, lŭi, 3, v. n. and a. [in-dolor], to feel pain, to smart, ache (mostly postAug.).
- I. Lit.: locus tactu indolescit, Cels. 8, 9: oculi indolescunt, Plin. 31, 3, 27, § 45.
- b. With acc., to feel pain at: tactum hominum, Just. 12, 13, 9.
- II. Trop., to feel pain or grief, to be grieved, troubled at any thing.
Constr. with acc. and inf., quod, or absol.; poet. also with abl. and acc.
- (α) With inf.: quis (fuit), qui non indoluerit, tam sero se … cognoscere? Cic. Phil. 2, 25: aequari adulescentes senectae suae, Tac. A. 4, 17: successurumque Minervae indoluit, Ov. M. 2, 789; 9, 261 al.
- (β) With abl.: facto, Ov. M. 4, 173: malis, id. Tr. 2, 570.
- (γ) With acc.: id ipsum indoluit Juno, Ov. M. 2, 469.
- (δ) Absol.: indolui, Ov. Tr. 5, 11, 3.
In part. fut. pass.: maeroris retia amicis et externis indolescenda, Sid. Ep. 2, 12; Minuc. Fel. Octav. 5.