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misericors

tender-hearted

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Where it lives

Troades 2 · 2.94/10k
Pro C. Rabirio Perduellionis Reo Ad Quirites 1 · 2.82/10k
Controversiae 16 · 2.43/10k
In L. Catilinam 3 · 2.39/10k
Cum Senatui Gratias Egit 1 · 2.31/10k
De Pudicitia 3 · 2.23/10k
Hercules Oetaeus 2 · 1.78/10k
De Vita Iulii Agricolae 1 · 1.48/10k
Excerpta Controversiae 3 · 1.4/10k
De Clementia 1 · 1.2/10k
Pro P. Sulla 1 · 1.07/10k
Amphitruo 1 · 1.02/10k

Densest 12 of 33 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

1. misericors — de Vaan

misericors 'tender-hearted' (P1.+), misericordia 'compassion' (PL+), socors * inert, inactive' (P1.+), socordia 'lack of energy' (P1.+), vecors 'mad, demented' (Andr.+), — [de Vaan, s.v. misericors, p. 149]

2. mĭsĕrĭcors — Lewis & Short

mĭsĕrĭcors, cordis, adj.misereo-cor,

I tender-hearted, pitiful, compassionate, merciful (class.).—Of persons and things: credc misericors est, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 141: misericordem se praebere, Cic. Caecin. 10, 26: misericors et mansuetus, Auct. Her. 2, 17, 25: misericordem esse in aliquem, Cic. Lig. 5, 15; Curt. 9, 6, 12; Sen. Contr. 3, 23, 1: sint misericordes in furibus aerarii, Sall. C. 52, 12: animus, Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106: Dominus est, Vulg. Jacob. 5, 11: (Deus) miseretur ei, quem viderit misericordem, Lact. Div. Just. Epit. 5.—Comp.: misericordior nulla est me feminarum, Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 23: in illā gravi L. Sullae turbulentāque victoriā quis P. Sulla mitior, quis misericordior inventus est? Cic. Sull. 26, 72.—Sup.: quando misericordissimus exstitisset, Aug. Ep. 48: canes misericordissimi, Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—

II Mean, pitiful, contemptible: qui autem natura dicuntur iracundi aut misericordes aut invidi aut tale quid, Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.— Hence, adv.: mĭsĕrĭcordĭter, tenderheartedly, pitifully, compassionately, mercifully (ante- and post-class.): crudeliter illi, nos misericorditer, Quadrig. ap. Non. 510, 20; Lact. 6, 18, 9; Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31; 5, 23.—Comp.: misericordius, Aug. Doctr. Chr. 1, 16.—Sup.: misericordissime, Aug. Ep. 149.

Where it came from

de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) Treated in de Vaan, Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Brill 2008) s.v. misericors (scan p. 149; entry #330).
Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. misericors (scan p. 431; entry #6933).

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