verb intransitive

mĭsĕresco

2nd PP mĭsĕre · conj. 3rd

v. inch. n. [misereo].

To feel pity, have compassion poetic •

To feel pity, have compassion (only poet.): his lacrimis vitam damus et miserescimus ultro, Verg. A. 2, 145: miserescite regis, id. ib. 8, 573: generis miseresce tui, Stat. Th. 1, 280.—

it distresses me, I feel pity, take compassion •

Impers.: miserescit me alicu jus, it distresses me, I feel pity, take compassion (cf. miseret, under misereo, II.): inopis nunc te miserescat mei, Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 3.—*

to become wretched, miserable •

I. q. miserum fieri, to become wretched, miserable: sed quid est homini miseriarum, quo miserescat miser ex animo, Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 1.

Perseus ID: n29261 Key: miseresco