"moestus" meaning in Latin

See moestus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: [ˈmoe̯s.tʊs] [Classical-Latin], [ˈmɛs.tus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: A late formation as a perfect participle to moereō (“to be sad”) which in Classical Latin has neither a supine nor a perfect stem. Head templates: {{la-adj|moestus}} moestus (feminine moesta, neuter moestum); first/second-declension adjective Inflection templates: {{la-adecl|moestus}} Forms: moesta [feminine], moestum [neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], moestus [masculine, nominative, singular], moesta [feminine, nominative, singular], moestum [neuter, nominative, singular], moestī [masculine, nominative, plural], moestae [feminine, nominative, plural], moesta [neuter, nominative, plural], moestī [genitive, masculine, singular], moestae [feminine, genitive, singular], moestī [genitive, neuter, singular], moestōrum [genitive, masculine, plural], moestārum [feminine, genitive, plural], moestōrum [genitive, neuter, plural], moestō [dative, masculine, singular], moestae [dative, feminine, singular], moestō [dative, neuter, singular], moestīs [dative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], moestum [accusative, masculine, singular], moestam [accusative, feminine, singular], moestum [accusative, neuter, singular], moestōs [accusative, masculine, plural], moestās [accusative, feminine, plural], moesta [accusative, neuter, plural], moestō [ablative, masculine, singular], moestā [ablative, feminine, singular], moestō [ablative, neuter, singular], moestīs [ablative, feminine, masculine, neuter, plural], moeste [masculine, singular, vocative], moesta [feminine, singular, vocative], moestum [neuter, singular, vocative], moestī [masculine, plural, vocative], moestae [feminine, plural, vocative], moesta [neuter, plural, vocative]
  1. sad, unhappy Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-moestus-la-adj-GSonANzW Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  2. mournful, gloomy Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-moestus-la-adj-RHXtr2j- Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
  3. stern, grim Tags: adjective, declension-1, declension-2
    Sense id: en-moestus-la-adj-dDogWyhs Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 33 33 33
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 0 0 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 0 0 0

Inflected forms

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