maeste

See also: maesté, mäste, and mæste

Latin

Etymology 1

From maestus (“sad, sorrowful, gloomy”) +‎ -ē, from maereō (“I am sad or mournful”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯s.teː/, [ˈmäe̯s̠t̪eː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.te/, [ˈmɛst̪e]

Adverb

maestē (not comparable)

1. sadly, sorrowfully
2. gloomily

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯s.te/, [ˈmäe̯s̠t̪ɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.te/, [ˈmɛst̪e]

Adjective

maeste

1. vocative masculine singular of maestus

References

• “maeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• maeste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.