id animum meum laesit
The phrase id animum meum laesit is used in Latin to say "that hurt my feelings".
This phrase is used to express that an action or a situation has caused you emotional pain or distress.
Did you know?
- The word laesit comes from laedere, which in Roman law referred to physical injury or the damaging of property. To say your feelings are hurt is to use the language of a legal tort or a physical wound.
- Latin distinguishes between animus (the spirited mind) and anima (the breath of life). Using animum in this phrase implies the hurt has affected your courage or mental resolve.
- The word meum shares an ancestral root with the Greek word meîon which means 'lesser'.
Examples in context
- Itaque id animum meum laesit.And so that hurt my feelings.
- Nescio cur id animum meum laesit.I do not know why that hurt my feelings.
Example conversation
Gaius and Julia are discussing a disagreement they had earlier.
- GaiusCur sic acerbus es, Julia?Why are you so harsh, Julia?
- JuliaNon sum acerba, sed id animum meum laesit.I am not harsh, but that hurt my feelings.
- GaiusIgnosce mihi, non hoc volui.Forgive me, I did not mean that.
- JuliaGratias tibi ago.Thank you.
Sources
- Word origins: Wiktionary entries id, meum, CC BY-SA 4.0.
