mĭsĕror — Lewis & Short
mĭsĕror, ātus, 1, v. dep. (
I act. collat. form, v misero) [miser].
I To lament, bewail, deplore: miseratur is, qui conqueritur aliena incommoda: miseretur is, qui miserum sublevat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (class.):
quis illaec est mulier, quae ipsa se miseratur?Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 6:
communem condicionem miserari,Cic. Mur. 27, 55:
sortemque animo miseratus iniquam,Verg. A. 6, 332.—Of a lamenting speech:
eos miserando casum suum confirmat,Sall. J. 23, 2:
casum alicujus miseratus,Tac. A. 3, 17:
haec copiose miseratus est,Gell. 10, 3, 14.—
II To have or feel compassion, to pity, compassionate:
(Acestes) ab humo miserans attollit amicum,Verg. A. 5, 452; id. G. 2, 499:
juvenem animi miserata,pitying in her heart, id. A. 10, 686:
hostibus ipsis pallorem miserantibus,Juv. 15, 101.—
(b) With gen. (poet.): te conmiserabam magis, quam miserabar mei, Att. ap. Non. 445, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 355 Rib.): eorum, Min. Fel. Oct. 28:
poenae juvenem indignae miseratus,Sil. 11, 381.—*
(g) With dat.: servis miseratus, Coripp. Laud. Just. 2, 402.—Hence,
1 mĭsĕrandus, a, um, P. a., lamentable, deplorable, pitiable (class.).
A Of persons:
ut aliis miserandus, aliis irridendus esse videatur,Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169; Verg. A. 5, 509; 6, 882; Ov. M. 1, 359; 6, 276; 9, 178; 11, 704.—
B Of things:
haec mihi videntur misera atque miseranda,Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12:
manus Priamo,Verg. A. 11, 259:
fortuna,Sall. J. 14, 7:
miserandum in modum,in a pitiable manner, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5.—*
2 mĭsĕ-ranter, adv., pitifully, pathetically:
lacrimose atque miseranter,Gell. 10, 3, 4.