mĭsĕresco — Lewis & Short
mĭsĕresco, ĕre,
I v. inch. n. [misereo].
I To feel pity, have compassion (only poet.):
his lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro,Verg. A. 2, 145:
miserescite regis,id. ib. 8, 573:
generis miseresce tui,Stat. Th. 1, 280.—
B Impers.: miserescit me alicu jus, it distresses me, I feel pity, take compassion (cf. miseret, under misereo, II.):
inopis nunc te miserescat mei,Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 3.—*
II I. q. miserum fieri, to become wretched, miserable:
sed quid est homini miseriarum, quo miserescat miser ex animo,Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 1.