verbthird conjugation, no passive, no perfect or supine stems
miserēscō
miserēscō (present infinitive miserēscere)
Classical[mɪ.sɛˈreːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[mi.s̬eˈrɛs.ko]
Meaning
- to feel pity, have compassion
- to become wretched, miserable
- impersonalto be distressing to; to feel pity, take compassion
Conjugation conjugation 3 perfect
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | miserēscō | miserēscēbam | miserēscam | — | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | miserēscis | miserēscēbās | miserēscēs | — | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | miserēscit | miserēscēbat | miserēscet | — | — | — |
| 1st pl. | miserēscimus | miserēscēbāmus | miserēscēmus | — | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | miserēscitis | miserēscēbātis | miserēscētis | — | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | miserēscunt | miserēscēbant | miserēscent | — | — | — |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | miserēscam | miserēscerem | — | — |
| 2nd sg. | miserēscās | miserēscerēs | — | — |
| 3rd sg. | miserēscat | miserēsceret | — | — |
| 1st pl. | miserēscāmus | miserēscerēmus | — | — |
| 2nd pl. | miserēscātis | miserēscerētis | — | — |
| 3rd pl. | miserēscant | miserēscerent | — | — |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | miserēsce | — |
| pres. 2nd pl. | miserēscite | — |
| fut. 2nd sg. | miserēscitō | — |
| fut. 3rd sg. | miserēscitō | — |
| fut. 2nd pl. | miserēscitōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | miserēscuntō | — |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | miserēscere | — |
| present participle | miserēscēns | — |
gerundmiserēscendī, miserēscendō, miserēscendum
mĭsĕresco, ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [misereo].
I. To feel pity, have compassion (only poet.):
his lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro, Verg. A. 2, 145: miserescite regis, id. ib. 8, 573: generis miseresce tui, Stat. Th. 1, 280.—B. Impers.: miserescit me alicu jus, it distresses me, I feel pity, take compassion (cf. miseret, under misereo, II.):
inopis nunc te miserescat mei, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 3.—* II. I. q. miserum fieri, to become wretched, miserable:
sed quid est homini miseriarum, quo miserescat miser ex animo, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 1.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
miserēscō —, —, ere, inch.
misereo, to feel pity, have compassion : ultro, V.: regis, V.—Impers: nunc te miserescat mei, T.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin miserēscō From misereō (“to lament”) + -ēscō.