dolorem

Dolorem is a Latin noun meaning pain, sorrow, or distress. It is the accusative singular of dolor, doloris, a masculine noun of the third declension. In the singular, the forms are: nominative dolor, genitive doloris, dative dolori, accusative dolorem, ablative dolore. In the plural, the forms are dolores, dolorum, doloribus, dolores, doloribus. Dolor and its derivatives describe both physical pain and emotional suffering, and the word appears in classical Latin texts with similar senses.

Etymology and cognates: Dolorem derives from the Latin noun dolor, from Proto-Italic roots for pain; it has cognates in the Romance languages, such as Spanish dolor (pain), Italian dolore, French douleur, all tracing back to the same Latin root. The related verb dolere means to feel pain or to lament, and the present participle dolens means grieving or suffering.

Usage: In Latin, dolorem can function as the direct object in expressions such as “dolorem ferre” (to bear the pain). It is commonly found in literature where physical pain or sorrow is described, or in ethical or philosophical discussions about human suffering. It appears alongside other forms of dolor to convey different nuances of distress.

In modern usage: The word is sometimes encountered by students of Latin and in linguistic discussions. It also appears in the broader cultural context of the well-known placeholder text Lorem ipsum, which is drawn from a scrambled excerpt of Cicero’s De Finibus Bonorum et Malorum and illustrates Latin vocabulary that has persisted into contemporary typographic practice.