[ˈmɪ.sɛr], [ˈmiː.s̬er]
OriginFrom Proto-Italic *misseros, of unknown origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *mh₂isros (“complaining, emotional about”), the same root of Latin maereō, Tocharian B msär (“difficult”), and Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”).
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2poor, wretched, pitiful
“Miser Catulle, dēsinās ineptīre” — Poor Catullus, stop with the nonsense
“29 bc. Vergil. Aeneid, Book I” — being not unacquainted with woe, I learn to help the unfortunate
“‘dīque virīque locī, miserae succurrite mātrī!’” — “Gods and men of this place, hasten [your] aid to a wretched mother!”
(The poetic voice is that of Ino (Greek mythology).)
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2miserable, unhappy
“PAMPHILUS: Ehodum, bone vir, quid ais? Vidēn mē cōnsiliīs tuīs / miserum impedītum esse?
PAMPHILUS: Hey there, good fellow, what are you saying? Can’t you see how your advice has got me miserably enta”
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2worthless, null
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2tragic, unfortunate
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2sick
- adjective, declension-1, declension-2tormenting
Formsmisera(feminine) · miserum(neuter) · miserior(comparative) · miserrimus(superlative) · miserē(adverb) · miseriter(adverb) · in -er(masculine, nominative, singular) · miser(masculine, nominative, singular) · misera(feminine, nominative, singular) · miserum(neuter, nominative, singular) · miserī(masculine, nominative, plural) · miserae(feminine, nominative, plural) · misera(neuter, nominative, plural) · miserī(genitive, masculine, singular) · miserae(feminine, genitive, singular) · miserī(genitive, neuter, singular) · miserōrum(genitive, masculine, plural) · miserārum(feminine, genitive, plural) · miserōrum(genitive, neuter, plural) · miserō(dative, masculine, singular)