miseramus

Miseramus is a Latin verb form. In classical Latin, it represents the first-person plural present active indicative of the verb miserō, miserāre, miserāvī, miserātum, meaning to pity, to have compassion for. When written with full diacritics, the form is typically shown as miserāmus, but in ordinary text without macrons it appears as miseramus. This present form translates as “we pity” or “we are pitying.”

Morphology and related forms: miserō belongs to the first conjugation. The present active indicative endings for this conjugation include -ō, -ās, -at, -āmus, -ātis, -ant, yielding miserō, miserās, miserat, miserāmus, miserātis, miserant in the present tense. The word also serves as the basis for related words such as misericordia (mercy, pity) and miserīre (to pity, though the latter is rare). The root miseric- is associated with pity and compassion in Latin vocabulary, contributing to a family of terms connected to mercy.

Usage and context: as a present-tense verb, miseramus is used where the speaker includes themselves and others within the act of pitying someone or something. It appears in prose and poetry when expressing sympathy, compassion, or regret directed at a person or situation. Because Latin frequently omits pronouns, miseramus can stand alone as “we pity,” with the object supplied by context or a following accusative pronoun.

See also: Latin verb conjugation, misericordia, pity in Latin literature.