misererentur
Dictionary entries
- Entry →misereo, miserere, miserui, miseritus:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pity, feel pity; show/have mercy/compassion/pity for (w/GEN);; it distresses/grieves me; I am moved to pity, I feel sorry for (w/me + GEN);
pl. imperf. pass. subj. 3rd - Entry →misereor, misereri, miseritus sum:
Verb · 2nd conjugation · Deponent
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
pity, feel pity; show/have mercy/compassion/pity for (w/GEN);
pl. imperf. subj. 3rd
Examples
Phocion
Cornelius Nepos
"...sunt facti, cum alii, reminiscentes veteris famae, aetatis misererentur, plurimi vero ira exacuerentur propter proditionis suspicionem Piraei maximeque..."Liber XXXV
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...suarum fortunarum in eadem insula geniti misererentur et Romanam societatem respicerent: ne sinerent Aetolorum Chalcidem fieri; Euboeam habituros..."Liber III
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...agebat causa; sed Verginius sui potius ut misererentur orabat filiaeque, nec gentis Claudiae regnum in plebem sortitae..."Agricola
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from Minor Works
"...constabat saevisse quosdam in coniuges ac liberos, tamquam misererentur. Proximus dies faciem victoriae latius aperuit: vastum ubique silentium..."