maestus

Latin

Etymology

From maereō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯s.tus/, [ˈmäe̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.tus/, [ˈmɛst̪us]

Adjective

maestus (feminine maesta, neuter maestum, comparative maestior); first/second-declension adjective

1. sad, sorrowful, melancholy

   Antonym: laetus

2. gloomy
3. of or pertaining to mourning or sadness

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	maestus	maesta	maestum		maestī	maestae	maesta
Genitive	maestī	maestae	maestī		maestōrum	maestārum	maestōrum
Dative	maestō		maestō		maestīs
Accusative	maestum	maestam	maestum		maestōs	maestās	maesta
Ablative	maestō	maestā	maestō		maestīs
Vocative	maeste	maesta	maestum		maestī	maestae	maesta

Synonyms

• tristis

Descendants

• Italian: mesto
• Portuguese: mesto
• Spanish: mesto

References

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