misero

See also: mísero

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmi.ze.ro/
• Rhymes: -izero
• Hyphenation: mì‧se‧ro

Etymology 1

From Latin miserum, of uncertain origin. Possibly a borrowing.

Adjective

misero (feminine misera, masculine plural miseri, feminine plural misere, superlative miserrimo)

1. bleak, miserable, unhappy, wretched
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto XVII, p. 257-258 vv. 109-110:

     né quando Icaro misero le reni ¶ sentì spennar per la scaldata cera, [...]

     nor when the wretched Icarus his flanks ¶ felt stripped of feathers by the melting wax, [...]

   • 1802, Ugo Foscolo, “A Luigia Pallavicini caduta da cavallo” (Scelte opere di Ugo Foscolo, Poligrafica Fiesolana, Firenze (1835), p. 22), vv. 76-78:

     Scuote l’arcion, te misera ¶ su la pietrosa riva ¶ strascinando mal viva

     It shakes the saddle, dragging ¶ you on the rocky shore, ¶ miserable and barely alive

   Synonyms: disgraziato, infelice, miserabile

   Antonyms: beato, felice, fortunato

   1. (by extension, of a person) destitute, indigent, poor

      Synonyms: bisognoso, indigente, povero

      Antonyms: abbiente, agiato, benestante

   2. (by extension, of a place) poor, underdeveloped

      Synonyms: depresso, povero, sottosviluppato

      Antonyms: fiorente, prospero, ricco

2. inadequate, insufficient, meager

   Un misero salario.

   A meager salary.

   Synonyms: insufficiente, irrisorio, magro, scarso

   Antonyms: abbondante, cospicuo, lauto

3. contemptible, despicable, miserable, sleazy
   • 1472, Dante Alighieri, La divina commedia: Inferno, Le Monnier, published 1994, Canto III, p. 37-38 vv. 34-36:

     Ed elli a me: «Questo misero modo ¶ tegnon l'anime triste di coloro ¶ che visser sanza 'nfamia e sanza lodo. [...]»

     And he to me: «This miserable mode ¶ maintain the melancholy souls of those ¶ who lived withouten infamy or praise. [...]»

   Synonyms: abietto, ignobile, meschino, spregevole

   Antonym: nobile

4. (archaic) avaricious, covetous, stingy, ungenerous
   • 1353, Giovanni Boccaccio, Decamerone, Tommaso Hedlin, published 1527, page 250:

     [...] non ad ammaſſare denari, come i miſeri fanno, ma ad iſpender gli ammaſſati [...]

     [...] not to amass money, like the avaricious do, but to spend that collected [...]

   • 1532, Niccolò Machiavelli, Il Principe, published 1537, page 29:

     [...] miſero chiamiamo quello che troppo ſi aſtiene dallo vſar il ſuo.

     it's called stingy he who excessively withholds his own [money].

   Synonyms: avaro, taccagno, tirchio

   Antonyms: generoso, munifico, prodigo

Derived terms

• miseramente

Related terms

• miserabile
• miserevole
• miseria

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

misero

1. third-person plural past historic of mettere

Anagrams

• Moresi, reismo

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.se.roː/, [ˈmɪs̠ɛroː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmi.se.ro/, [ˈmiːs̬ero]

Adjective

miserō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of miser

Verb

mīserō

1. first-person singular future perfect active indicative of mittō

Verb

miserō (present infinitive miserāre, perfect active miserāvī, supine miserātum); first conjugation

1. Alternative form of miseror

Conjugation

   Conjugation of miserō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	miserō	miserās	miserat	miserāmus	miserātis	miserant
	imperfect	miserābam	miserābās	miserābat	miserābāmus	miserābātis	miserābant
	future	miserābō	miserābis	miserābit	miserābimus	miserābitis	miserābunt
	perfect	miserāvī	miserāvistī	miserāvit	miserāvimus	miserāvistis	miserāvērunt, miserāvēre
	pluperfect	miserāveram	miserāverās	miserāverat	miserāverāmus	miserāverātis	miserāverant
	future perfect	miserāverō	miserāveris	miserāverit	miserāverimus	miserāveritis	miserāverint
passive	present	miseror	miserāris, miserāre	miserātur	miserāmur	miserāminī	miserantur
	imperfect	miserābar	miserābāris, miserābāre	miserābātur	miserābāmur	miserābāminī	miserābantur
	future	miserābor	miserāberis, miserābere	miserābitur	miserābimur	miserābiminī	miserābuntur
	perfect	miserātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	miserātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	miserātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	miserem	miserēs	miseret	miserēmus	miserētis	miserent
imperfect	miserārem	miserārēs	miserāret	miserārēmus	miserārētis	miserārent
perfect	miserāverim	miserāverīs	miserāverit	miserāverīmus	miserāverītis	miserāverint
pluperfect	miserāvissem	miserāvissēs	miserāvisset	miserāvissēmus	miserāvissētis	miserāvissent
passive	present	miserer	miserēris, miserēre	miserētur	miserēmur	miserēminī	miserentur
imperfect	miserārer	miserārēris, miserārēre	miserārētur	miserārēmur	miserārēminī	miserārentur
perfect	miserātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	miserātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	miserā	—	—	miserāte	—
	future	—	miserātō	miserātō	—	miserātōte	miserantō
passive	present	—	miserāre	—	—	miserāminī	—
	future	—	miserātor	miserātor	—	—	miserantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		miserāre	miserāvisse	miserātūrum esse	miserārī	miserātum esse	miserātum īrī
participles		miserāns	—	miserātūrus	—	miserātus	miserandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		miserandī	miserandō	miserandum	miserandō	miserātum	miserātū

References

• “misero”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• misero in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.