MOURN Copy link • MOURNlugere; in luctu esse squalere; in luctu et squalore esse (with reference to Roman customs): (☞ the degrees of mourning are thus stated by Cic., luget senatus; maeret equester ordo; tota civitas confecta senio est; squalent municipia, Mil., 8, 20); maerere aliqua re or aliquid, is to feel inward grief, which displays itself on the countenance and by gestures; lugere, so to mourn as to adopt the conventional signs or emblems of mourning.