misereretur
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);
sg. 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);
sg. imperf. subj. 3rd
Examples
- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...quid excanduisset, aut quare anseris potius quam mei misereretur. [CXXXVII] At illa complosis manibus: "Scelerate, inquit, etiam loqueris..." - T
Liber XXXVIII
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...mandatis legati missi orare consulem, ut parceret urbi, misereretur gentis quondam sociae, nolle dicere iniuriis, miseriis certe coactae..." - T
Liber XXXVI
Titus Livius (Livy)
"...Aetoli fuerant, rediit. ibi cum impensius orarent, ut misereretur gentis Aetolorum, exire aliquos ad se iussit. Phaeneas ipse..." - G
BELLUM CATILINAE
Gaius Sallustius Crispus (Sallust)
"...maxumam spem adducti Umbrenum orare, ut sui misereretur: nihil tam asperum neque tam difficile esse, quod non cupidissume..."