(verb) : mĭsĕror, ātus, 1, (
* Act. collat. form, v misero) [miser].
* To lament, bewail, deplore: miseratur is, qui conqueritur aliena incommoda: miseretur is, qui miserum sublevat, Paul. ex Fest. p. 123 Müll. (class.): quis illaec est mulier, quae ipsa se miseratur?Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 6: communem condicionem miserari,Cic. Mur. 27, 55: sortemque animo miseratus iniquam,Verg. A. 6, 332.—Of a lamenting speech: eos miserando casum suum confirmat,Sall. J. 23, 2: casum alicujus miseratus,Tac. A. 3, 17: haec copiose miseratus est,Gell. 10, 3, 14.
* To have or feel compassion, to pity, compassionate: (Acestes) ab humo miserans attollit amicum,Verg. A. 5, 452; id. G. 2, 499: juvenem animi miserata,pitying in her heart,id. A. 10, 686: hostibus ipsis pallorem miserantibus,Juv. 15, 101.
* With gen. (poet.): te conmiserabam magis, quam miserabar mei, Att. ap. Non. 445, 12 (Trag. Rel. v. 355 Rib.): eorum, Min. Fel. Oct. 28: poenae juvenem indignae miseratus,Sil. 11, 381.—*
* With dat.: servis miseratus, Coripp. Laud. Just. 2, 402.—Hence
* Of persons: ut aliis miserandus, aliis irridendus esse videatur,Cic. de Or. 1, 37, 169; Verg. A. 5, 509; 6, 882; Ov. M. 1, 359; 6, 276; 9, 178; 11, 704.
* Of things: haec mihi videntur misera atque miseranda,Cic. Cat. 4, 6, 12: manus Priamo,Verg. A. 11, 259: fortuna,Sall. J. 14, 7: miserandum in modum,in a pitiable manner,Cic. Prov. Cons. 3, 5.—*
* Mĭsĕ-ranter, adv., pitifully, pathetically: lacrimose atque miseranter,Gell. 10, 3, 4.

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