Latin edit

Etymology edit

From miser +‎ -eō.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

misereō (present infinitive miserēre, perfect active miseruī, supine miseritum); second conjugation

  1. to lament, bewail or deplore
  2. to pity or feel sorry for

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of misereō (second conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present misereō miserēs miseret miserēmus miserētis miserent
imperfect miserēbam miserēbās miserēbat miserēbāmus miserēbātis miserēbant
future miserēbō miserēbis miserēbit miserēbimus miserēbitis miserēbunt
perfect miseruī miseruistī miseruit miseruimus miseruistis miseruērunt,
miseruēre
pluperfect miserueram miseruerās miseruerat miseruerāmus miseruerātis miseruerant
future perfect miseruerō miserueris miseruerit miseruerimus miserueritis miseruerint
passive present misereor miserēris,
miserēre
miserētur miserēmur miserēminī miserentur
imperfect miserēbar miserēbāris,
miserēbāre
miserēbātur miserēbāmur miserēbāminī miserēbantur
future miserēbor miserēberis,
miserēbere
miserēbitur miserēbimur miserēbiminī miserēbuntur
perfect miseritus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect miseritus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect miseritus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present miseream misereās misereat misereāmus misereātis misereant
imperfect miserērem miserērēs miserēret miserērēmus miserērētis miserērent
perfect miseruerim miseruerīs miseruerit miseruerīmus miseruerītis miseruerint
pluperfect miseruissem miseruissēs miseruisset miseruissēmus miseruissētis miseruissent
passive present miserear misereāris,
misereāre
misereātur misereāmur misereāminī misereantur
imperfect miserērer miserērēris,
miserērēre
miserērētur miserērēmur miserērēminī miserērentur
perfect miseritus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect miseritus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present miserē miserēte
future miserētō miserētō miserētōte miserentō
passive present miserēre miserēminī
future miserētor miserētor miserentor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives miserēre miseruisse miseritūrum esse miserērī,
miserērier1
miseritum esse miseritum īrī
participles miserēns miseritūrus miseritus miserendus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
miserendī miserendō miserendum miserendō miseritum miseritū

1The present passive infinitive in -ier is a rare poetic form which is attested.

Descendants edit

  • Albanian: mëshiroj
  • English: miserere
  • Romanian: meserere
  • Italian: miserere

References edit

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