"maestus" meaning in Latin

See maestus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈmae̯s.tus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈmäe̯s̠t̪ʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈmes.tus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈmɛst̪us] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: Past participle of maereō with active meaning. Head templates: {{la-adj|maestus|adv=maestē|comp=maestior|sup=maestissimus}} maestus (feminine maesta, neuter maestum, comparative maestior, superlative maestissimus, adverb maestē); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|maestus}} Forms: maesta [feminine], maestum [neuter], maestior [comparative], maestissimus [superlative], maestē [adverb], no-table-tags [table-tags], maestus [masculine, nominative, singular], maesta [feminine, nominative, singular], maestum [neuter, nominative, singular], maestī [masculine, nominative, plural], maestae [feminine, nominative, plural], maesta [neuter, nominative, plural], maestī [genitive, masculine, singular], maestae [feminine, genitive, singular], maestī [genitive, neuter, singular], maestōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], maestārum [feminine, genitive, plural], maestōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], maestō [dative, masculine, singular], maestae [dative, feminine, singular], maestō [dative, neuter, singular], maestīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], maestum [accusative, masculine, singular], maestam [accusative, feminine, singular], maestum [accusative, neuter, singular], maestōs [accusative, masculine, plural], maestās [accusative, feminine, plural], maesta [accusative, neuter, plural], maestō [ablative, masculine, singular], maestā [ablative, feminine, singular], maestō [ablative, neuter, singular], maestīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], maeste [masculine, singular, vocative], maesta [feminine, singular, vocative], maestum [neuter, singular, vocative], maestī [masculine, plural, vocative], maestae [feminine, plural, vocative], maesta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. sad, sorrowful, melancholy Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: trīstis, infēlīx, miser, aeger
    Sense id: en-maestus-la-adj-wFFuBp5c Disambiguation of Emotions: 38 37 25 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 75 12 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 61 19 21 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 80 10 10
  2. gloomy Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-maestus-la-adj-9pX224XO Disambiguation of Emotions: 38 37 25
  3. mournful, of or pertaining to mourning or sadness Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2 Categories (topical): Emotions
    Sense id: en-maestus-la-adj-Lm3WaQ8r Disambiguation of Emotions: 38 37 25
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: mēstus [Medieval-Latin]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "depth": 1,
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      ],
      "text": "Old French: meste"
    },
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      ],
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    },
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          "expansion": "Italian: mesto",
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      ],
      "text": "Italian: mesto"
    },
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      ],
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    {
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    {
      "form": "maestior",
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      ]
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    {
      "form": "maestissimus",
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        "superlative"
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      "form": "maestē",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "table-tags"
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      ]
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        "singular"
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "maestae",
      "source": "declension",
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    {
      "form": "maesta",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "maestārum",
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      "form": "maestōrum",
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      "form": "maestō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "maestō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "dative",
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        "singular"
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      "form": "maestam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "maestum",
      "source": "declension",
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        "neuter",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "maestō",
      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "maestā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "maestō",
      "source": "declension",
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        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
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      "form": "maesta",
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      "source": "declension",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "maestae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maesta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
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      "expansion": "maestus (feminine maesta, neuter maestum, comparative maestior, superlative maestissimus, adverb maestē); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
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  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laetus"
        },
        {
          "word": "alacer"
        },
        {
          "word": "fēlīx"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "75 12 14",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "61 19 21",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "80 10 10",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        {
          "_dis": "38 37 25",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
          "name": "Emotions",
          "orig": "la:Emotions",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For you, sacred themes are not to be sung with a sorrowful lyre.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.84",
          "text": "nōn tibi sunt maestā sacra canenda lyrā."
        }
      ],
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        "sad, sorrowful, melancholy"
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      "id": "en-maestus-la-adj-wFFuBp5c",
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          "sad",
          "sad"
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          "sorrowful",
          "sorrowful"
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        [
          "melancholy",
          "melancholy"
        ]
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trīstis"
        },
        {
          "word": "infēlīx"
        },
        {
          "word": "miser"
        },
        {
          "word": "aeger"
        }
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
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        {
          "_dis": "38 37 25",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "la",
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          "orig": "la:Emotions",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "gloomy"
      ],
      "id": "en-maestus-la-adj-9pX224XO",
      "links": [
        [
          "gloomy",
          "gloomy"
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      ],
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        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“Revive your courage, and dismiss your mournful fear.”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.202–203",
          "text": "Revocātē animōs, maestumque timōrem mittite."
        },
        {
          "english": "This is how long a mournful woman grieves [for] her husband.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.134",
          "text": "hoc lūget spatiō fēmina maesta virum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mournful, of or pertaining to mourning or sadness"
      ],
      "id": "en-maestus-la-adj-Lm3WaQ8r",
      "links": [
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          "mourning",
          "mourning"
        ],
        [
          "sadness",
          "sadness"
        ]
      ],
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        "adjective",
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        "declension-2"
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    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmae̯s.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäe̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmes.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛst̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0",
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "mēstus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maestus"
}
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    "Latin adjectives",
    "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Latin first and second declension adjectives",
    "Latin lemmas",
    "Latin terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
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    },
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        "dative",
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "maestō",
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      "tags": [
        "dative",
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        "dative",
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        "plural"
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    {
      "form": "maestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestam",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestās",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maesta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestā",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "feminine",
        "masculine",
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maeste",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maesta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maestae",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "maesta",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maestus",
        "adv": "maestē",
        "comp": "maestior",
        "sup": "maestissimus"
      },
      "expansion": "maestus (feminine maesta, neuter maestum, comparative maestior, superlative maestissimus, adverb maestē); first/second-declension adjective",
      "name": "la-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "maestus"
      },
      "name": "la-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "laetus"
        },
        {
          "word": "alacer"
        },
        {
          "word": "fēlīx"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "For you, sacred themes are not to be sung with a sorrowful lyre.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.84",
          "text": "nōn tibi sunt maestā sacra canenda lyrā."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "sad, sorrowful, melancholy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "sad",
          "sad"
        ],
        [
          "sorrowful",
          "sorrowful"
        ],
        [
          "melancholy",
          "melancholy"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "trīstis"
        },
        {
          "word": "infēlīx"
        },
        {
          "word": "miser"
        },
        {
          "word": "aeger"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "gloomy"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gloomy",
          "gloomy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "“Revive your courage, and dismiss your mournful fear.”",
          "ref": "29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.202–203",
          "text": "Revocātē animōs, maestumque timōrem mittite."
        },
        {
          "english": "This is how long a mournful woman grieves [for] her husband.",
          "ref": "8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.134",
          "text": "hoc lūget spatiō fēmina maesta virum"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "mournful, of or pertaining to mourning or sadness"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "mournful",
          "mournful"
        ],
        [
          "mourning",
          "mourning"
        ],
        [
          "sadness",
          "sadness"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "adjective",
        "declension-1",
        "declension-2"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmae̯s.tus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmäe̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈmes.tus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈmɛst̪us]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "Medieval-Latin"
      ],
      "word": "mēstus"
    }
  ],
  "word": "maestus"
}

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