misereo

Latin

Etymology

From miser +‎ -eō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /miˈse.re.oː/, [mɪˈs̠ɛreoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /miˈse.re.o/, [miˈs̬ɛːreo]

Verb

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

   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

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

References

• “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.