maerens

See also: mærens

Latin

Etymology

Present participle of maereō.

Participle

maerēns (genitive maerentis); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. mourning, grieving, lamenting
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.197:
      et dictīs maerentia pectora mulcet
      and with [these] words [Aeneas] comforts [the Trojans’] grieving hearts
  2. bewailing, bemoaning

Declension

Third-declension participle.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masc./Fem. Neuter Masc./Fem. Neuter
Nominative maerēns maerentēs maerentia
Genitive maerentis maerentium
Dative maerentī maerentibus
Accusative maerentem maerēns maerentēs
maerentīs		 maerentia
Ablative maerente
maerentī1		 maerentibus
Vocative maerēns maerentēs maerentia

1When used purely as an adjective.

References
  • “maerens”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “maerens”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • maerens in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
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