miseresco
Latin
Etymology
From misereo (“I lament”) + -ēscō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [mɪ.sɛˈreːs.koː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [mi.s̬eˈrɛs.ko]
Verb
miserēscō (present infinitive miserēscere); third conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
- to feel pity, have compassion
- to become wretched, miserable
- (impersonal) to be distressing to; to feel pity, take compassion
Conjugation
| indicative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | miserēscō | miserēscis | miserēscit | miserēscimus | miserēscitis | miserēscunt | ||||||
| imperfect | miserēscēbam | miserēscēbās | miserēscēbat | miserēscēbāmus | miserēscēbātis | miserēscēbant | |||||||
| future | miserēscam | miserēscēs | miserēscet | miserēscēmus | miserēscētis | miserēscent | |||||||
| subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | miserēscam | miserēscās | miserēscat | miserēscāmus | miserēscātis | miserēscant | ||||||
| imperfect | miserēscerem | miserēscerēs | miserēsceret | miserēscerēmus | miserēscerētis | miserēscerent | |||||||
| imperative | singular | plural | |||||||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||||||||
| active | present | — | miserēsce | — | — | miserēscite | — | ||||||
| future | — | miserēscitō | miserēscitō | — | miserēscitōte | miserēscuntō | |||||||
| non-finite forms | infinitive | participle | |||||||||||
| active | passive | active | passive | ||||||||||
| present | miserēscere | — | miserēscēns | — | |||||||||
| verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||||||||
| genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||||||||
| miserēscendī | miserēscendō | miserēscendum | miserēscendō | — | — | ||||||||
References
- “miseresco”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- miseresco in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.