maestus, maesta -um, maestior -or -us, maestissimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sad/unhappy; mournful/gloomy; mourning; stern/grim; ill-omened/inauspicious;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | maestus | maesti |
| Gen. | maesti | maestorum |
| Dat. | maesto | — |
| Acc. | maestum | maestos |
| Voc. | maeste | maesti |
| Abl. | maesto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | maesta | maestae |
| Gen. | maestae | maestarum |
| Dat. | maestae | — |
| Acc. | maestam | maestas |
| Voc. | maesta | maestae |
| Abl. | maesta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | maestum | maesta |
| Gen. | maesti | maestorum |
| Dat. | maesto | — |
| Acc. | maestum | maesta |
| Voc. | maestum | maesta |
| Abl. | maesto | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | maestius | maestiora |
| Gen. | maestioris | — |
| Acc. | maestius | maestiora |
| Voc. | maestius | maestiora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | maestissimus | maestissimi |
| Gen. | maestissimi | maestissimorum |
| Dat. | maestissimo | — |
| Acc. | maestissimum | maestissimos |
| Voc. | maestissime | maestissimi |
| Abl. | maestissimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | maestissima | maestissimae |
| Gen. | maestissimae | maestissimarum |
| Dat. | maestissimae | — |
| Acc. | maestissimam | maestissimas |
| Voc. | maestissima | maestissimae |
| Abl. | maestissima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | maestissimum | maestissima |
| Gen. | maestissimi | maestissimorum |
| Dat. | maestissimo | — |
| Acc. | maestissimum | maestissima |
| Voc. | maestissimum | maestissima |
| Abl. | maestissimo | — |
Examples
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...volo. postquam mihi responsum est, abeo ab illo maestus ad forum med illo frustra advenisse. forte aspicio militem..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...concedam, nam concrepuerunt fores. Mnesilochus eccum maestus progreditur foras. IV.iii MNESILOCHVS Petulans, protervo iracundo animo, indomito incogitato, sine..."Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...comperi ex is qui fuere conscii, domum revortor maestus atque animo fere perturbato atque incerto prae aegritudine. adsido..."Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...inuia mundiarua super nimios soles Austrumque iacentis.saepe labor maestus curarum odiumque futuri 165proiecit fessos incerti pectoris aestus,rectoremque..."Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...uidebistutius Emathia.' sic postquam fata peregit, 820stat uoltu maestus tacito mortemque reposcit.carminibus magicis opus est herbisque, cadauerut cadat..."Liber V
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...190effluit et gemitus et anhelo clara meatumurmura, tum maestus uastis ululatus in antrisextremaeque sonant domita iam uirgine uoces..."Liber VI
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...trepidabat et unus quisque suum pro re [cognatum] maestus humabat. multaque [res] subita et paupertas horrida suasit; namque..."Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ipsus te ante ostium eccum opperitur. sed ut maestus est se hasce vendidisse. TH. Quid tandem? TR. Orat..."