maerens

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Latin[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Present participle of maereō.

Participle[edit]

maerēns (genitive maerentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. mourning, grieving, lamenting
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.197:
      et dictīs maerentia pectora mulcet
      and with [these] words [Aeneas] comforts [the Trojans’] grieving hearts
  2. bewailing, bemoaning

Declension[edit]

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative maerēns maerentēs maerentia
Genitive maerentis maerentium
Dative maerentī maerentibus
Accusative maerentem maerēns maerentēs
maerentīs
maerentia
Ablative maerente
maerentī1
maerentibus
Vocative maerēns maerentēs maerentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References[edit]

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