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mĭsĕrĭmōnĭum

mĭsĕrĭmōnĭum

misery

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What it meant

1. miserimonium — de Vaan

miserimonium 'misery' (Lab.). Pit *misro-. PIE *mh2isro-? IE cognates: ToA msar 'difficult' (Pinault 1998: 17). Possibly connected with maereo, but no acceptable PIE pedigree has been found; see s.v. maereo. vBibl.: WH II: 8f, EM 407. -► maereo — [de Vaan, s.v. miserimonium, p. 397]

2. mĭsĕrĭmōnĭum — Lewis & Short

mĭsĕrĭmōnĭum (-mūnĭum), ii, n.miser,

I wretchedness, misery (ante-class. for misera), Laber. ap. Non. 214, 20.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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