maestus
Latin
Etymology
From maereō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmae̯s.tus/, [ˈmae̯s.tʊs]
Adjective
maestus (feminine maesta, neuter maestum); first/second declension
- sad, sorrowful, melancholy
- Antonym: laetus
- gloomy
- of or pertaining to mourning or sadness
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| Nominative | maestus | maesta | maestum | maestī | maestae | maesta | |
| Genitive | maestī | maestae | maestī | maestōrum | maestārum | maestōrum | |
| Dative | maestō | maestae | maestō | maestīs | maestīs | maestīs | |
| Accusative | maestum | maestam | maestum | maestōs | maestās | maesta | |
| Ablative | maestō | maestā | maestō | maestīs | maestīs | maestīs | |
| Vocative | maeste | maesta | maestum | maestī | maestae | maesta | |
Synonyms
- tristis
Descendants
- Italian: mesto
- Portuguese: mesto
- Spanish: mesto
References
- maestus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maestus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- maestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette