maerentium
Dictionary entries
- Entry →maerens, (gen.), maerentis:
Adjective · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sad, melancholy; mournful, gloomy woeful, doleful; mourning, lamenting (L+S);
gen. pl. (all) - Entry →maereo, maerere, -, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
grieve, be sad, mourn; bewail/mourn for/lament; utter mournfully;
gen. pl. pres. act. part.
Examples
- L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DE IRA
"...quod adridemus ridentibus et contristat nos turba maerentium et efferuescimus ad aliena certamina. Quae non sunt irae..." - M
X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...iuvenes pios filios perdiderunt, eminere et occupare quendam maerentium principatum differentia novae calamitatis affectat, quae sola omnium supra..." - P
Liber III
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...moenia ac tecta, quaque longissime prospectari poterat, maerentium turba et rogitantium inter se silentione an voce aliqua egredientem..."
