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misellus

misellus, poor, wretched, unfortunate

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misella Adjective: feminine nominative singular, Adjective: neuter nominative plural, Adjective: feminine vocative singular, Adjective: neuter accusative plural, Adjective: neuter vocative plural, Adjective: feminine ablative singular of misellus

See misella in Morpho

mĭsellus, a, um, adj. dim. [miser],
  • poor, wretched, unfortunate (rare, and with Cic. only in the epistolary style): homo, Cic. Att. 3, 23, 6; id. Fam. 14, 4, 3: o miselle passer, Cat. 3, 16.—As subst.: mĭsellus, i, m., a wretch, miserable fellow, Juv. 13, 213.—Esp., applied to the dead: cum alicujus defuncti recordaris, misellum vocas eum, Tert. Test. Anim. 4; Petr. 65, 10.—Of inanim. and abstr. things: redactus sum usque ad hoc misellum pallium, Plaut. Rud. 2, 6, 65 (549): spes, Lucr. 4, 1096.

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