miser, misera -um, miserior -or -us, miserrimus -a -um:
Adjective · 1st declension · variant: 2nd
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
poor, miserable, wretched, unfortunate, unhappy, distressing;
Inflections
positive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | miser | miseri |
| Gen. | miseri | miserorum |
| Dat. | misero | — |
| Acc. | miserum | miseros |
| Voc. | miser | miseri |
| Abl. | misero | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | misera | miserae |
| Gen. | miserae | miserarum |
| Dat. | miserae | — |
| Acc. | miseram | miseras |
| Voc. | misera | miserae |
| Abl. | misera | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | miserum | misera |
| Gen. | miseri | miserorum |
| Dat. | misero | — |
| Acc. | miserum | misera |
| Voc. | miserum | misera |
| Abl. | misero | — |
comparative
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | miserius | miseriora |
| Gen. | miserioris | — |
| Acc. | miserius | miseriora |
| Voc. | miserius | miseriora |
superlative
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | miserrimus | miserrimi |
| Gen. | miserrimi | miserrimorum |
| Dat. | miserrimo | — |
| Acc. | miserrimum | miserrimos |
| Voc. | miserrime | miserrimi |
| Abl. | miserrimo | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | miserrima | miserrimae |
| Gen. | miserrimae | miserrimarum |
| Dat. | miserrimae | — |
| Acc. | miserrimam | miserrimas |
| Voc. | miserrima | miserrimae |
| Abl. | miserrima | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | miserrimum | miserrima |
| Gen. | miserrimi | miserrimorum |
| Dat. | miserrimo | — |
| Acc. | miserrimum | miserrima |
| Voc. | miserrimum | miserrima |
| Abl. | miserrimo | — |
Examples
- P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...rastris, et quos de collibus altis Aurunci misere patres Sidicinaque iuxta aequora, quique Cales linquunt amnisque vadosi accola..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...Messapus erit felixque Tolumnius et quos tot populi misere duces, nec parva sequetur gloria delectos Latio et Laurentibus..." - P
Aeneid XII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...foedus, adverso proterret equo; ruit ille recedens et miser oppositis a tergo involvitur aris in caput inque umeros..." - P
Liber IV
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Georgics
"...quibus illa choros lucis agitabat in altis, exitium misere apibus. Tu munera supplex tende petens pacem et faciles..." - G
Poems
Gaius Valerius Catullus from Catullus' Poems
"...mala fascinare lingua. VIII. ad se ipsum Miser Catulle, desinas ineptire, et quod vides perisse perditum ducas. fulsere..." - M
Liber Primus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...horum morborum aliquo laborat, nemo igitur est non miser. [60] Accedit etiam mors, quae quasi saxum Tantalo semper..." - M
Liber Secundus
Marcus Tullius Cicero from De Finibus
"...vere: O Publi, o gurges, Galloni! es homo miser, inquit. Cenasti in vita numquam bene, cum omnia..." - P
Aeneid VI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pectore ab imo: 'Phoebe, gravis Troiae semper miserate labores, Dardana qui Paridis derexti tela manusque corpus in Aeacidae..."