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maestus

maestus

Latin

Adjective

maestus m ‎(feminine maesta, neuter maestum); first/second declension

sad, sorrowful, melancholy
gloomy
of or pertaining to mourning or sadness

Inflection

First/second declension.

Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Number	Singular				Plural
nominative	maestus	maesta	maestum		maestī	maestae	maesta
genitive	maestī	maestae	maestī		maestōrum	maestārum	maestōrum
dative	maestō	maestae	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
Félix Gaffiot (1934), “maestus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.