Adjective: miser
Hyphenation:
Declension: First, Second
Nominative
| Singular masc. | miser |
| Singular fem. | misera |
| Singular neut. | miserum |
| Plural masc. | miserī |
| Plural fem. | miserae |
| Plural neut. | misera |
Genitive
| Singular masc. | miserī |
| Singular fem. | miserae |
| Singular neut. | miserī |
| Plural masc. | miserōrum |
| Plural fem. | miserārum |
| Plural neut. | miserōrum |
Dative
| Singular masc. | miserō |
| Singular fem. | miserae |
| Singular neut. | miserō |
| Plural masc. | miserīs |
| Plural fem. | miserīs |
| Plural neut. | miserīs |
Accusative
| Singular masc. | miserum |
| Singular fem. | miseram |
| Singular neut. | miserum |
| Plural masc. | miserōs |
| Plural fem. | miserās |
| Plural neut. | misera |
Ablative
| Singular masc. | miserō |
| Singular fem. | miserā |
| Singular neut. | miserō |
| Plural masc. | miserīs |
| Plural fem. | miserīs |
| Plural neut. | miserīs |
Vocative
| Singular masc. | miser |
| Singular fem. | misera |
| Singular neut. | miserum |
| Plural masc. | miserī |
| Plural fem. | miserae |
| Plural neut. | misera |
Comparison
| Comparative | miserior |
| Superlative | miserrimus |
Sample Sentences
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Miser Catulle, dēsinās ineptīre (Poor Catullus, stop with the nonsense) [ca. 54 BC, Catullus. Catullus 8]
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29 bc. Vergil. Aeneid, Book I (being not unacquainted with woe, I learn to help the unfortunate)
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‘dīque virīque locī, miserae succurrite mātrī!’ (“Gods and men of this place, hasten [your] aid to a wretched mother!”
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(The poetic voice is that of Ino (Greek mythology).)) [8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 6.517]
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PAMPHILUS: Ehodum, bone vir, quid ais? Vidēn mē cōnsiliīs tuīs / miserum impedītum esse?
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PAMPHILUS: Hey there, good fellow, what are you saying? Can’t you see how your advice has got me miserably entangled?
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(“miserum” functions adverbially here; vidēn = vidēsne: vidēs plus the interrogative particle -ne.) [166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 616–617]
Etymology
1. Etymology tree
2. Proto-Indo-European *mh₂isros?
3. Proto-Italic *misseros
4. Latin miser
5. From Proto-Italic *misseros, of unknown origin. Possibly from a Proto-Indo-European *mh₂isros (“complaining, emotional about”), the same root of Latin maereō, Tocharian B msär (“difficult”), and Ancient Greek μῖσος (mîsos, “hatred”).
Verbs referencing "miser"
Italian Adjectives
misero, Romanian Adjectives
meser, Romanian Adjectives
mizer, Asturian Adjectives
mísere.
Translations