I.wretched, unfortunate, miserable, pitiable, lamentable, etc. (cf.: infelix, calamitosus).
1. Of persons: “nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,” Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57: “homo miser, et infortunatus,” Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20: “miser atque infelix,” Cic. Quint. 30, 94: “urgeris multis miser undique curis,” Lucr. 3, 1051: “o multo miserior Dolabella, quam ille, quem tu miserrimum esse voluisti,” Cic. Phil. 11, 4, 8: “miser, infelix, aerumnosus,” id. Par. 2, 1, 16: “miserrimum habere aliquem,” to torment, id. Fam. 14, 7, 1: “miserrimus Fui fugitando,” have exhausted myself with running, am completely tired out, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 7.—With gen.: “miseros ambitionis,” Plin. Pan. 58, 5.—
2. Of things, afflicting, sad, wretched, melancholy: “miserā ambitione laborare,” Hor. S. 1, 4, 26: “misera orbitas,” Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84: “misera et calamitosa res,” id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77.—
3. Sick, ill, indisposed, etc.: “quo morbo misera sum,” suffer, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 39: “homini misero non invideo medicinam,” Petr. 129; cf.: “quid illam miseram animi excrucias?” Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 76: “homo animo suo miser,” id. Truc. 2, 7, 36: “miserum esse ex animo,” to be wretched in mind, sick at heart, id. Ep. 4, 1, 1.—
4. Violent, excessive, extravagant: “amor,” Verg. A. 5, 655: “cultus miser,” with regard to dress, Hor. S. 2, 2, 66.—
5. Bad, vile, poor, worthless: “carmen,” Verg. E. 3, 27: “remedium,” Cels. 5, 26, 34.—With gen.: morum, Stat. Th. 4, 403: “hominem perditum miserumque,” Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 28.—
6. As an exclamation, inserted in the midst of a sentence: “ossa atque pellis sum, misera, macritudine,” Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 32: miserum! (parenthetically) i. e. what a misfortune! how sad! tum pendere poenas Cecropidae jussi (miserum!) septena quotannis Corpora, Verg. A. 6, 21.—As subst.: mĭsĕ-rum , i, n., a wretched thing, wretchedness: “bonum valetudo, miserum morbus,” Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 MSS. dub. (Madv. and B. and K. miser).—Hence, adv., in two forms.
1. mĭsĕrē , wretchedly, miserably; desperately, vehemently, excessively, urgently (class.): est misere scriptum, Pseudole! Ps. O miserrime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 72: “vivere,” Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 501: “misere amare,” Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 32: “deperire,” id. Cist. 1, 2, 12: “invidere,” Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 22: “orare aliquid,” id. Heaut. 2, 3, 124: “discedere quaerens,” Hor. S. 1, 9, 8; cf.: “misere cupis abire,” id. ib. 1, 9, 14: “ut miserius a vobis recipiatur quam ab illo capta est,” Liv. 34, 24, 2: “misere miser,” Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 21: “misere male,” id. Bacch. 4, 9, 10.—
2. mĭsĕrĭter , wretchedly, lamentably, sadly (ante-class.; poet.): corrumpi, Laber. ap. Non. 517, 2: “alloqui,” Cat. 63, 49; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Vahl. Enn. p. 180, n. 40).
