misericordia
See also: misericórdia
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin misericordia.
Noun
misericordia (plural misericordias)
- (law, obsolete) An amercement.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)
- (historical) A misericord, a thin-bladed dagger, used in the Middle Ages to give the death wound or mercy stroke to a fallen adversary.
- An indulgence as to food or dress granted to a member of a religious order.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Shipley to this entry?)
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for misericordia in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Latin
Etymology
From misericors (“pitiful, compassionate, merciful”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /mi.se.riˈkor.di.a/, [mɪ.sɛ.rɪˈkɔr.di.a]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /mi.se.riˈkor.di.a/, [mi.ze.riˈkor.di.a]
Audio (Classical) (file)
Noun
misericordia f (genitive misericordiae); first declension
- pity, compassion, mercy, lovingkindness
- (figuratively) wretchedness, misery; pathos
Declension
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | misericordia | misericordiae |
Genitive | misericordiae | misericordiārum |
Dative | misericordiae | misericordiīs |
Accusative | misericordiam | misericordiās |
Ablative | misericordiā | misericordiīs |
Vocative | misericordia | misericordiae |
Related terms
- miseria
- misericorditer
- misericors
Descendants
- English: misericord, misericorde, misericordia
- French: miséricorde
- Italian: misericordia
- Portuguese: misericórdia
- Romanian: mizericordie
- Spanish: misericordia
References
- misericordia in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- misericordia in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- misericordia in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- misericordia in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicui commovere
- to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicuius concitare
- to arouse feelings of compassion in some one: ad misericordiam aliquem allicere, adducere, inducere
- to be touched with pity: misericordia moveri, capi (De Or. 2. 47)
- to implore a person's sympathy, pity: misericordiam implorare
- to excite some one's pity: misericordiam alicui commovere
Portuguese
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin misericordia.
Further reading
- “misericordia” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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