misellus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *mh₂isros?

Proto-Italic *misseros

Latin miser

Proto-Indo-European *-lós

Proto-Indo-European *-elós

Proto-Italic *-elos

Latin -lus

Latin misellus

From miser (“wretched”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [mɪˈsɛl.lʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [miˈs̬ɛl.lus]

Adjective

misellus (feminine misella, neuter misellum); first/second-declension adjective

1. diminutive of miser (“poor, wretched”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	misellus	misella	misellum		misellī	misellae	misella
genitive	misellī	misellae	misellī		misellōrum	misellārum	misellōrum
dative	misellō	misellae	misellō		misellīs
accusative	misellum	misellam	misellum		misellōs	misellās	misella
ablative	misellō	misellā	misellō		misellīs
vocative	miselle	misella	misellum		misellī	misellae	misella

Descendants

• Balkano-Romance:
  • Romanian: mișel
• Italo-Romance:
  • Italian: misello (“miserable”), ⇒ miserello
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Catalan: mesell
  • Old French: mesel (see there for further descendants)

References

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