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Definition 2024

piteus

piteus

Old French

Adjective

piteus m ‎(oblique and nominative feminine singular piteuse)

piteous; having pity
- circa 1180, Chrétien de Troyes, Lancelot ou le Chevalier de la charrette:
  Je ne sui mie si hermites
  Si piteus ne si charitables

Declension

Declension of piteus

Number	Case	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Singular	Subject	piteus	piteuse	piteus
Singular	Oblique	piteus	piteuse	piteus
Plural	Subject	piteus	piteuses	piteus
Plural	Oblique	piteus	piteuses	piteus

Descendants

Middle English: pitous (borrowed)
- English: piteous
French: piteux