maestus

• mēstus (Medieval Latin)

From maereō.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈmae̯s.tus/, [ˈmäe̯s̠t̪ʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈmes.tus/, [ˈmɛst̪us]

maestus (feminine maesta, neuter maestum, comparative maestior, superlative maestissimus, adverb maestē); first/second-declension adjective

1. sad, sorrowful, melancholy
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 4.84:

     nōn tibi sunt maestā sacra canenda lyrā.

     For you, sacred themes are not to be sung with a sorrowful lyre.

   Synonyms: trīstis, infēlīx, miser, aeger

   Antonyms: laetus, alacer, fēlīx

2. gloomy
3. mournful, of or pertaining to mourning or sadness
   • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 1.202-203:

     “Revocātē animōs, maestumque timōrem mittite.”

     “Revive your courage, and dismiss your mournful fear.”

   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 3.134:

     hoc lūget spatiō fēmina maesta virum

     This is how long a mournful woman grieves [for] her husband.

First/second-declension adjective.

• Old French: meste
  • French: mêtir
• Italian: mesto
• Portuguese: mesto

• “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
• maestus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette