miseror

mĭsĕror, ātus, 1, v. dep. ( act. collat. form, v misero) [miser].

I.

To lament, bewail, deplore: miseratur is, qui conqueritur aliena incommoda: miseretur is, qui miserum sublevat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (class.):

quis illaec est mulier, quae ipsa se miseratur?

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 6:

communem condicionem miserari,

Cic. Mur. 27, 55:

sortemque animo miseratus iniquam,

Verg. A. 6, 332.—Of a lamenting speech:

eos miserando casum suum confirmat,

Sall. J. 23, 2:

casum alicujus miseratus,

Tac. A. 3, 17:

haec copiose miseratus est,

Gell. 10, 3, 14.—

II.

To have or feel compassion, to pity, compassionate:

(Acestes) ab humo miserans attollit amicum,

Verg. A. 5, 452; id. G. 2, 499:

juvenem animi miserata,

pitying in her heart, id. A. 10, 686:

hostibus ipsis pallorem miserantibus,

Juv. 15, 101.—

(β).

With gen. ( poet. ): te conmiserabam magis, quam miserabar mei, Att. ap. Non. 445, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 355 Rib.): eorum, Min. Fel. Oct. 28:

poenae juvenem indignae miseratus,

Sil. 11, 381.—

* (γ).

With dat.: servis miseratus, Coripp. Laud. Just. 2, 402.—Hence,

1.

mĭsĕrandus, a, um, P. a., lamentable, deplorable, pitiable (class.).

A.

Of persons:

ut aliis miserandus, aliis irridendus esse videatur,

Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169; Verg. A. 5, 509; 6, 882; Ov. M. 1, 359; 6, 276; 9, 178; 11, 704.—

B.

Of things:

haec mihi videntur misera atque miseranda,

Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12:

manus Priamo,

Verg. A. 11, 259:

fortuna,

Sall. J. 14, 7:

miserandum in modum,

in a pitiable manner, Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5.—

* 2.

mĭsĕ-ranter, adv., pitifully, pathetically:

lacrimose atque miseranter,

Gell. 10, 3, 4.