miseresco

mĭsĕresco, ĕre, 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.