miseria

See also: miséria and misèria

Italian

Etymology

misero +‎ -eria

Noun

miseria f (plural miserie)

  1. poverty
  2. (often in the plural) trouble, evil, suffering
  3. pittance, trifle
  4. (botany, Tradescantia) spiderwort

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Anagrams

Latin

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /miˈse.ri.a/, [mɪˈsɛ.ri.a]

Noun

miseria f (genitive miseriae); first declension

  1. misfortune
  2. misery, distress

Inflection

First declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative miseria miseriae
genitive miseriae miseriārum
dative miseriae miseriīs
accusative miseriam miseriās
ablative miseriā miseriīs
vocative miseria miseriae

Descendants

References

  • miseria in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • miseria in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • miseria in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
  • miseria in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • to comfort in misfortune: consolari aliquem in miseriis

Portuguese

Noun

miseria f (plural miserias)

  1. Obsolete spelling of miséria

Spanish

Noun

miseria f (plural miserias)

  1. misery
  2. poverty
  3. avarice, greed
  4. very small amount
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