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maestiore

Dictionary entries

  • maestus, maesta -um, maestior -or -us, maestissimus -a -um:

    Adjective · 1st declension

    Frequency:
    Very Frequent
    Dictionary:
    Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)

    = sad/unhappy; mournful/gloomy; mourning; stern/grim; ill-omened/inauspicious;

    Entry →
    abl. sg. (all)

Examples

  • Publius Papinius Statius

    Liber Octavus

    Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID

    "...duplex iactura colenti, Gaurano de monte cadunt, sed maestior ulmus quaerit utrumque nemus, nec tam sua bracchia labens..."
  • T

    Liber XXVI

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...essent ad pontificum collegium reiecerunt. ob haec decreta maestiores aliquanto quam Romam uenerant Campanos dimiserunt..."
  • T

    Liber IX

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...vocatique in curiam percontantibus maioribus natu multo sibi maestiores et abiectiores animi visos referrent: adeo silens ac prope..."
  • T

    Liber V

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...fortuna ipsa Ardeam ubi Camillus exsulabat duxit; qui maestior ibi fortuna publica quam sua cum dis hominibusque accusandis..."
  • T

    Liber III

    Titus Livius (Livy)

    "...quae in tali re muliebris dolor, quo est maestior imbecillo animo, eo miserabilia magis querentibus subicit. Virorum..."

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