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
- T
Curculio
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...volo. postquam mihi responsum est, abeo ab illo maestus ad forum med illo frustra advenisse. forte aspicio militem..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...concedam, nam concrepuerunt fores. Mnesilochus eccum maestus progreditur foras. IV.iii MNESILOCHVS Petulans, protervo iracundo animo, indomito incogitato, sine..." - P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...comperi ex is qui fuere conscii, domum revortor maestus atque animo fere perturbato atque incerto prae aegritudine. adsido..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - M
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..." - T
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..." - T
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...ipsus te ante ostium eccum opperitur. sed ut maestus est se hasce vendidisse. TH. Quid tandem? TR. Orat..."