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