maestus

• mēstus (Medieval Latin)

Past participle of maereō with active meaning.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈmae̯s.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈmɛs.t̪us]

maestus (feminine maesta, neuter maestum, comparative maestior, superlative maestissimus, adverb maestē); first/second-declension adjective

1. sad, sorrowful, melancholy

   Synonyms: trīstis, infēlīx, miser, aeger

   Antonyms: laetus, alacer, fēlīx

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.84:

     nōn tibi sunt maestā sacra canenda lyrā.

     For you, sacred themes are not to be sung with a sorrowful lyre.

2. gloomy
3. mournful, of or pertaining to mourning or sadness
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.202–203:

     “Revocātē animōs, maestumque timōrem mittite.”

     “Revive your courage, and dismiss your mournful fear.”

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.134:

     hoc lūget spatiō fēmina maesta virum

     This is how long a mournful woman grieves [for] her husband.

First/second-declension adjective.

• Old French: meste
  • French: mêtir
• Italian: mesto
• Portuguese: mesto

• “maestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “maestus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• maestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.