maeror

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From maereō (“to be sad; mourn, grieve”) +‎ -or.

Noun

maeror m (genitive maerōris); third declension

  1. mourning, grief, lamentation
    Synonyms: lūctus, dēsīderium
    Antonym: lascīvia
    • 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.12.25:
      Maeror in corde virī humiliābit illud et sermōne bonō laetificābitur.
      Grief in the heart of a man shall bring him low, but with a good word he shall be made glad. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.: 1752 CE)
  2. sorrow
    Synonyms: maestitia, trīstitia, trīstitūdō, tristitās, aegritūdō, cūra, lūctus
    Antonyms: dēlectātiō, gaudium, voluptās, laetitia, alacritās

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative maeror maerōrēs
Genitive maerōris maerōrum
Dative maerōrī maerōribus
Accusative maerōrem maerōrēs
Ablative maerōre maerōribus
Vocative maeror maerōrēs

References
  • “maeror”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “maeror”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maeror in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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