misericors

mĭsĕrĭcors, cordis, adj. [misereo-cor], tender-hearted, pitiful, compassionate, merciful (class.).—Of persons and things:

credc misericors est,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 141:

misericordem se praebere,

Cic. Caecin. 10, 26:

misericors et mansuetus,

Auct. Her. 2, 17, 25:

misericordem esse in aliquem,

Cic. Lig. 5, 15; Curt. 9, 6, 12; Sen. Contr. 3, 23, 1:

sint misericordes in furibus aerarii,

Sall. C. 52, 12:

animus,

Cic. Inv. 1, 55, 106:

Dominus est,

Vulg. Jacob. 5, 11:

(Deus) miseretur ei, quem viderit misericordem,

Lact. Div. Just. Epit. 5.— Comp.:

misericordior nulla est me feminarum,

Plaut. Rud. 1, 5, 23:

in illā gravi L. Sullae turbulentāque victoriā quis P. Sulla mitior, quis misericordior inventus est?

Cic. Sull. 26, 72.— Sup.:

quando misericordissimus exstitisset,

Aug. Ep. 48:

canes misericordissimi,

Sid. Ep. 8, 6.—

II.

Mean, pitiful, contemptible:

qui autem natura dicuntur iracundi aut misericordes aut invidi aut tale quid,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 37, 80.— Hence, adv.: mĭsĕrĭcordĭter, tenderheartedly, pitifully, compassionately, mercifully (ante- and post-class.): crudeliter illi, nos misericorditer, Quadrig. ap. Non. 510, 20; Lact. 6, 18, 9; Aug. Civ. Dei, 3, 31; 5, 23.— Comp.:

misericordius,

Aug. Doctr. Chr. 1, 16.— Sup.:

misericordissime,

Aug. Ep. 149.