misero
See also: mísero
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmi.ze.ro/, [ˈmiːz̪er̺o]
- Stress: mìsero
- Hyphenation: mi‧se‧ro
Etymology 1
From Latin miserum, accusative form of miser, of uncertain origin. Possibly a borrowing.
Adjective
misero (feminine singular misera, masculine plural miseri, feminine plural misere)
- bleak, miserable, unhappy, wretched
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XVII, p. 257-258 vv. 109-110:
- né quando Icaro misero le reni ¶ sentì spennar per la scaldata cera, [...]
- nor when the wretched Icarus his flanks ¶ felt stripped of feathers by the melting wax, [...]
- 1802, Ugo Foscolo, “A Luigia Pallavicini caduta da cavallo” (Scelte opere di Ugo Foscolo, Poligrafica Fiesolana, Firenze (1835), p. 22), vv. 76-78:
- Scuote l’arcion, te misera ¶ su la pietrosa riva ¶ strascinando mal viva
- It shakes the saddle, dragging ¶ you on the rocky shore, ¶ miserable and barely alive
- Synonyms: disgraziato, infelice, miserabile
- Antonyms: beato, felice, fortunato
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto XVII, p. 257-258 vv. 109-110:
- inadequate, insufficient, meager
- Un misero salario.
- A meager salary.
- Synonyms: insufficiente, irrisorio, magro, scarso
- Antonyms: abbondante, cospicuo, lauto
- contemptible, despicable, miserable, sleazy
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto III, p. 37-38 vv. 34-36:
- Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo ¶ tegnon l'anime triste di coloro ¶ che visser sanza 'nfamia e sanza lodo. [...]»
- And he to me: «This miserable mode ¶ maintain the melancholy souls of those ¶ who lived withouten infamy or praise. [...]»
- Synonyms: abietto, ignobile, meschino, spregevole
- Antonym: nobile
- 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier (1994), Canto III, p. 37-38 vv. 34-36:
- (archaic) avaricious, covetous, stingy, ungenerous
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin (1527), page 250:
- [...] non ad ammaſſare denari, come i miſeri fanno, ma ad iſpender gli ammaſſati [...]
- [...] not to amass money, like the avaricious do, but to spend that collected [...]
- 1532, Niccolò Machiavelli, Il Principe (1537), page 29:
- [...] miſero chiamiamo quello che troppo ſi aſtiene dallo vſar il ſuo.
- it's called stingy he who excessively withholds his own [money].
- 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin (1527), page 250:
Derived terms
Related terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈmi.se.roː/, [ˈmɪ.sɛ.roː]
Adjective
miserō
Verb
miserō (present infinitive miserāre, perfect active miserāvī, supine miserātum); first conjugation
- Alternative form of miseror
Inflection
References
- misero in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- misero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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