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.

	singular			plural
	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.