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miseratio
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Lewis Short
mĭsĕrātĭo (noun F) : miseror
* A pitying, pity, compassion, commiseration (class.).
* Lit.: cum quādam miseratione delectare,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: miserationem commovere,Quint. 6, 1, 46: miseratione mens judicum permovenda,Cic. Or. 38, 131: miserationem petere,i. e. to pray for pity and forgiveness,Plin. 9, 8, 10, § 33: infantis,Just. 7, 2.
* Transf., rhetor., a pathetic speech: miserationibus uti,Cic. Brut. 21, 82: judicem inclinat miseratio,Quint. 4, 1, 14; 6, 1, 23; 4, 1, 27; 4, 3, 15 et saep.
* A pitying, pity, compassion, commiseration (class.).
* Lit.: cum quādam miseratione delectare,Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: miserationem commovere,Quint. 6, 1, 46: miseratione mens judicum permovenda,Cic. Or. 38, 131: miserationem petere,i. e. to pray for pity and forgiveness,Plin. 9, 8, 10, § 33: infantis,Just. 7, 2.
* Transf., rhetor., a pathetic speech: miserationibus uti,Cic. Brut. 21, 82: judicem inclinat miseratio,Quint. 4, 1, 14; 6, 1, 23; 4, 1, 27; 4, 3, 15 et saep.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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