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|lshtext=<b>mĭsĕrĭcors</b>: cordis, adj. [[misereo]]-cor,<br /><b>I</b> [[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.—<br /><b>II</b> 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.