verb deponent transitive

com-mĭsĕror

2nd PP com-mĭsĕrārī · 3rd PP com-mĭsĕrātus · conj. 1st

to commiserate; pity; to bewail •

v. a. dep., to commiserate, pity, to bewail (class. but rare); aliquem or aliquid: aliquem, Att. ap. Non. p. 445, 11: fortunam Graeciae, Nep. Ages. 5, 2: in commiserandā re, Auct. Her. 4. 55, 69: interitum fratris, Gell. 1, 5, 6.— *

by extension •

Transf., of inan. objects: leo gemitus edens et murmura dolorem cruciatumque vulneris commiserantia, making it known by complaints, Gell. 5, 14, 19.—

to excite compassion

In rhetoric, absol., of an orator, to excite compassion (cf. commiseratio): quid cum commiserari, conqueri coeperit, Cic. Div. in Caecil. 14, 46: cum commiserandum sit, * Quint. 11, 3, 58.

Perseus ID: n9392 Key: commiseror