compunctio
From LSJ
ἐκ Χάεος δ' Ἔρεβός τε μέλαινά τε Νὺξ ἐγένοντο... (Hesiod's Theogony 123) → From Chasm, Erebos and black Night came to be...
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
compunctĭo: ōnis, f. compungo.
I Lit., a puncture: ligni, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 3, § 8.—
II Trop., the sting of conscience, remorse (eccl. Lat.), Salv. adv. Avar. 4, 8 al.
