maestiter
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Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From maestus (“sad, sorrowful, gloomy”) + -ter, from maereō (“I am sad or mournful”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈmae̯s.ti.ter/, [ˈmäe̯s̠t̪ɪt̪ɛr]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈmes.ti.ter/, [ˈmɛst̪it̪er]
Adverb
[edit]maestiter (not comparable)
- sadly, sorrowfully
- Synonym: maestē
- gloomily
References
[edit]- “maestiter”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- maestiter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.