doloro-, dolor-, dolori- , dol- +
(Latin: to feel pain, to grieve; sorrow, grief, mourning)
indolent (adjective)
1. In medicine, causing little or no pain; such as, a tumor.
2. Slow to heal, to grow, or to develop; for example, an ulcer; or a wound that heals very slowly.
3. Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy.
4. Disliking work; lazy; idle: "The man was an indolent person who disliked any kind of exertion."
2. Slow to heal, to grow, or to develop; for example, an ulcer; or a wound that heals very slowly.
3. Disinclined to exert oneself; habitually lazy.
4. Disliking work; lazy; idle: "The man was an indolent person who disliked any kind of exertion."
indolently
Referring to a condition which may linger longer, but often slowly progresses to a more advanced stage.
Si vis me flere dolendum est primum ipsi tibi.
If you wish me to weep, you yourself must first feel grief.
Horace, in Ars Poetica, explaining to writers that emotion must be felt in order to be conveyed successfully in words.
tabes dolorosa
Tabes dorasalis in which pain is the dominating feature.
Via Dolorosa.
The road of sadness.
The road Jesus followed on the way to His crucifixion; therefore, a succession of painful experiences one may go through for altruistic reasons.
