Doloris

Doloris is the genitive singular form of the Latin noun dolor, which means pain or sorrow. Dolor is a masculine noun of the third declension, and its genitive form is doloris. The word is used in Latin to express physical pain as well as emotional distress, and it appears in both classical and later Latin texts.

The noun dolor derives from a Latin root meaning hardship or distress and is part of a family of words tied to pain or lament. In Latin grammar, dolor is declined as a typical third-declension noun, with singular forms dolor, doloris, dolori, dolorem, dolore, and plural dolores, dolorum, doloribus, dolores, doloribus.

Dolor and its genitive doloris are used to form phrases indicating relation or cause, such as doloris causā (for the sake of pain or sorrow) and other expressions found in poetic or prose contexts. In classical literature, dolor can denote bodily pain as well as grief or emotional suffering, and the genitive is used to specify the source or extent of that suffering.

Today, doloris does not function as an independent English term; it is encountered primarily in Latin-language study, classical texts, and linguistic discussions as the genitive form of dolor. Its significance lies in illustrating Latin noun declension, possessive constructions, and the semantic range of pain-related vocabulary in ancient sources.