miseratio Latin · revision 32058

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=81–43 BC, Cicero|origins=la miser}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [mɪ.sɛˈraː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [mi.s̬eˈrat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''miserātiō''' ''f'' (genitive miserātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|miseror|-tiō|t1=to pity]],^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(TLL) from [[m|la|miser|t=wretched]].^(Köbler 2010) [[m|la|miser]] goes back to [[itc-pro|*misros]]; it is possibly connected with [[m|la|maereō|t=to grieve]], but no acceptable Indo-European origin has been found.^(de Vaan 2008) Compare [[xto|msär|t=difficult]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's first source is Cicero,^(Köbler 2010) who asks who is not delighted, with a kind of pity, by the dying Epaminondas.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is pity or compassion, and in oratory the expression of grief or an appeal to pity, as Cicero's speech delivered with many complaints and much lamentation.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ In medieval texts it is divine mercy or grace, and absolution.^(Niermeyer 1976) Church Latin glosses it “mercy, kindness, compassion”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of pity and of appeals to pity.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * Middle Ages – Divine mercy; absolution.^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # [[m|en|pity|alt=Pity]], [[m|en|compassion]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An appeal to pity, [[m|en|lamentation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Divine [[m|en|mercy]]; [[m|en|absolution]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[miseror]]

+ * [[miser]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}