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Scholium — Part III

Latin

Hæc tristitia quatenus absentiam ejus quod amamus, respicit, desiderium vocatur.

English (Elwes 1883)

This pain, in so far as it has reference to the absence of the object of love, is called Regret.

Modern English

This sadness, insofar as it concerns the absence of what we love, is called longing.