maeror

Latin

Alternative forms

• meror
• moeror

Etymology

From maereō (“to be sad; mourn, grieve”) +‎ -or.

Noun

maeror m (genitive maerōris); third declension

1. mourning, grief, lamentation

   Synonyms: lūctus, dēsīderium

   Antonym: lascīvia

   • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.12.25:

     Maeror in corde virī humiliābit illud et sermōne bonō laetificābitur.

     Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)

2. sorrow

   Synonyms: maestitia, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, aegritūdō, cūra, lūctus

   Antonyms: dēlectātiō, gaudium, voluptās, laetitia, alacritās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	maeror	maerōrēs
genitive	maerōris	maerōrum
dative	maerōrī	maerōribus
accusative	maerōrem	maerōrēs
ablative	maerōre	maerōribus
vocative	maeror	maerōrēs

References

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