miserabilis

Latin > English

miserabilis miserabilis, miserabile ADJ :: wretched, miserable, pitiable

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

mĭsĕrābĭlis: e, adj. miseror,
I worthy of pity, pitiable, miserable, deplorable, lamentable, wretched, sad (class.): nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser, Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57: fiet ultro miserabilis, Quint. 11, 1, 64; 9, 4, 133: sisque miser semper; nec sis miserabilis ulli, Ov. lb. 117: Irus, Mart. 6, 77, 1: corpus, Ov. H. 21, 213: voces, plaintive, sad, Liv. 1, 29: vox, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 63, § 163: aspectus, id. Phil. 2, 29, 73: caedes, Liv. 1, 59: elegi, mournful, Hor. C. 1, 33, 2: insania, Aug. Conf. 3, 2, 1.—Comp.: miserabilior causa mortis, Liv. 1, 59: mĭsĕrā-bĭlē, adv., for miserabiliter: miserabile caesis insultare, Verg. A. 12, 338: miserabile longum, Juv. 6, 65.—Hence, adv.: mĭ-sĕrābĭlĭter, pitiably, lamentably, in a way to excite pity, mournfully, sadly, miserably (class.): emori, Cic. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: scripta epistola, id. Att. 10, 9, 2: laudare, to laud pathetically, id. ib. 14, 10, 1: dicere tristia, Quint. 4, 2, 120: perire, Val. Max. 2, 6, 11.—Comp.: hac facie miserabilior Pollio, Juv. 9, 6: miserabilius dicere, Sen. Excerpt. Controv. praef. 4.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

mĭsĕrābĭlis,¹⁰ e (miseror), digne de pitié, triste, déplorable : [en parl. de choses] Cic. Phil. 2, 73 ; Br. 289 ; CM 56 || pathétique : Cic. de Or. 2, 193 || [pers.] Ov. Ib. 117 || -lior Liv. 1, 59, 8.

Latin > German (Georges)

miserābilis, e (miseror), I) beklagenswert, kläglich, jämmerlich, aspectus, Cic.: squalor, Mitleid erregend, Cic.: sisque miser semper nec sis miserabilis ulli, Ov.: miserabilior sequentis casus narratio, Val. Max.: cetera quae eo miserabilia magis (= eo miserabiliora) querentibus subicit, Liv.: miserabilior causa mortis, Liv. – mit 2. Supin., miserabile visu (als Parenthese), Verg. Aen. 1, 111 u. 9, 415. – adv., miserabile caesis hostibus insultans, jämmerlich, Verg. Aen. 12, 338. – II) kläglich = klagend, vox, Cic. u. Liv.: elegi, Hor.: eiulatus, das Winseln, Val. Max.: fletum edere miserabilem, Dict.