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tristis
tristis
Latin
Adjective
trīstis m, f (neuter trīste); third declension
- sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose
- sorrowful, mournful
- (of taste) disagreeable, harsh, bitter
- (of smell) foul, offensive
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | trīstis | trīste | trīstēs | trīstia | |
| genitive | trīstis | trīstium | |||
| dative | trīstī | trīstibus | |||
| accusative | trīstem | trīste | trīstēs | trīstia | |
| ablative | trīstī | trīstibus | |||
| vocative | trīstis | trīste | trīstēs | trīstia | |
- comparative: trīstior, superlative: trīstissimus
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Descendants
References
- tristis in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tristis in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- TRISTIS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tristis”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
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(ambiguous) an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste
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(ambiguous) an evil omen; presage of ill: omen infaustum, triste