misero
See also: mísero
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ze.ro/
- Rhymes: -izero
- Hyphenation: mì‧se‧ro
Etymology 1
From Latin miserum, of uncertain origin. Possibly a borrowing.
Adjective
misero (feminine misera, masculine plural miseri, feminine plural misere, superlative miserrimo)
- bleak, miserable, unhappy, wretched
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XVII, p. 257-258 vv. 109-110:
- né quando Icaro misero le reni ¶ sentì spennar per la scaldata cera, [...]
- nor when the wretched Icarus his flanks ¶ felt stripped of feathers by the melting wax, [...]
- 1802, Ugo Foscolo, “A Luigia Pallavicini caduta da cavallo” (Scelte opere di Ugo Foscolo, Poligrafica Fiesolana, Firenze (1835), p. 22), vv. 76-78:
- Scuote l’arcion, te misera ¶ su la pietrosa riva ¶ strascinando mal viva
- It shakes the saddle, dragging ¶ you on the rocky shore, ¶ miserable and barely alive
- Synonyms: disgraziato, infelice, miserabile
- Antonyms: beato, felice, fortunato
- (by extension, of a person) destitute, indigent, poor
- Synonyms: bisognoso, indigente, povero
- Antonyms: abbiente, agiato, benestante
- (by extension, of a place) poor, underdeveloped
- Synonyms: depresso, povero, sottosviluppato
- Antonyms: fiorente, prospero, ricco
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XVII, p. 257-258 vv. 109-110:
- inadequate, insufficient, meager
- Un misero salario.
- A meager salary.
- Synonyms: insufficiente, irrisorio, magro, scarso
- Antonyms: abbondante, cospicuo, lauto
- contemptible, despicable, miserable, sleazy
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto III, p. 37-38 vv. 34-36:
- Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo ¶ tegnon l'anime triste di coloro ¶ che visser sanza 'nfamia e sanza lodo. [...]»
- And he to me: «This miserable mode ¶ maintain the melancholy souls of those ¶ who lived withouten infamy or praise. [...]»
- Synonyms: abietto, ignobile, meschino, spregevole
- Antonym: nobile
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto III, p. 37-38 vv. 34-36:
- (archaic) avaricious, covetous, stingy, ungenerous
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin (1527), page 250:
- [...] non ad ammaſſare denari, come i miſeri fanno, ma ad iſpender gli ammaſſati [...]
- [...] not to amass money, like the avaricious do, but to spend that collected [...]
- 1532, Niccolò Machiavelli, Il Principe (1537), page 29:
- [...] miſero chiamiamo quello che troppo ſi aſtiene dallo vſar il ſuo.
- it's called stingy he who excessively withholds his own [money].
- Synonyms: avaro, taccagno, tirchio
- Antonyms: generoso, munifico, prodigo
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin (1527), page 250:
Derived terms
- miseramente
Related terms
- miserabile
- miserevole
- miseria
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
misero
- third-person plural past historic of mettere
Anagrams
- Moresi, reismo
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.se.roː/, [ˈmɪs̠ɛroː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.se.ro/, [ˈmiːs̬ero]
Adjective
miserō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of miser
Verb
mīserō
- first-person singular future perfect active indicative of mittō
Verb
miserō (present infinitive miserāre, perfect active miserāvī, supine miserātum); first conjugation
- Alternative form of miseror
Conjugation
Conjugation of miserō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | miserō | miserās | miserat | miserāmus | miserātis | miserant |
imperfect | miserābam | miserābās | miserābat | miserābāmus | miserābātis | miserābant | |
future | miserābō | miserābis | miserābit | miserābimus | miserābitis | miserābunt | |
perfect | miserāvī | miserāvistī | miserāvit | miserāvimus | miserāvistis | miserāvērunt, miserāvēre | |
pluperfect | miserāveram | miserāverās | miserāverat | miserāverāmus | miserāverātis | miserāverant | |
future perfect | miserāverō | miserāveris | miserāverit | miserāverimus | miserāveritis | miserāverint | |
passive | present | miseror | miserāris, miserāre | miserātur | miserāmur | miserāminī | miserantur |
imperfect | miserābar | miserābāris, miserābāre | miserābātur | miserābāmur | miserābāminī | miserābantur | |
future | miserābor | miserāberis, miserābere | miserābitur | miserābimur | miserābiminī | miserābuntur | |
perfect | miserātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | miserātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | miserātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | miserem | miserēs | miseret | miserēmus | miserētis | miserent |
imperfect | miserārem | miserārēs | miserāret | miserārēmus | miserārētis | miserārent | |
perfect | miserāverim | miserāverīs | miserāverit | miserāverīmus | miserāverītis | miserāverint | |
pluperfect | miserāvissem | miserāvissēs | miserāvisset | miserāvissēmus | miserāvissētis | miserāvissent | |
passive | present | miserer | miserēris, miserēre | miserētur | miserēmur | miserēminī | miserentur |
imperfect | miserārer | miserārēris, miserārēre | miserārētur | miserārēmur | miserārēminī | miserārentur | |
perfect | miserātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | miserātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | miserā | — | — | miserāte | — |
future | — | miserātō | miserātō | — | miserātōte | miserantō | |
passive | present | — | miserāre | — | — | miserāminī | — |
future | — | miserātor | miserātor | — | — | miserantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | miserāre | miserāvisse | miserātūrum esse | miserārī | miserātum esse | miserātum īrī | |
participles | miserāns | — | miserātūrus | — | miserātus | miserandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
miserandī | miserandō | miserandum | miserandō | miserātum | miserātū |
References
- “misero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- misero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette