tristis

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *tréystis (note that this root is only found in Latin and Germanic languages).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtriːs.tis/, [ˈtriːs.tɪs]

Adjective

trīstis (neuter trīste); third declension

  1. sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
  2. sorrowful, mournful
  3. (of taste) disagreeable, harsh, bitter
  4. (of smell) foul, offensive

Inflection

Third declension.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative trīstis trīste trīstēs trīstia
Genitive trīstis trīstis trīstium trīstium
Dative trīstī trīstī trīstibus trīstibus
Accusative trīstem trīste trīstēs, trīstīs trīstia
Ablative trīstī trīstī trīstibus trīstibus
Vocative trīstis trīste trīstēs trīstia

Derived terms
  • trīsticulus
  • trīstificus
  • trīstimōnia
  • trīstitās

Descendants

References
  • tristis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • tristis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tristis in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • tristis in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • (ambiguous) an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste
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