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paenitere

paenitere is a Latin form of paeniteo, meaning “(impers. paenitet me) I regret, am sorry (+gen.)”. It is the 2nd person singular present passive imperative or 2nd person singular present passive indicative or present active infinitive.

Found 49 times in the Latin texts on Socratos.

Where it is used

Caesar, De Bello Gallico 4.5.3: His rebus atque auditionibus permoti de summis saepe rebus consilia ineunt, quorum eos in vestigio paenitere necesse est, cum incertis rumoribus serviant et pleri ad voluntatem eorum ficta respondeant.

All forms of paeniteo (conjugation table)

Source: Socratos (socratos.org), a free reader for Ancient Greek and Latin. Grammar from the Perseus Treebank and Morpheus; dictionary entries from Lewis & Short, A Latin Dictionary (Perseus Digital Library, CC BY-SA). Counts are from the texts on Socratos.