• WRETCHEDNESS

miseria (general term): res misene or afflictae (sad circumstances, pitiable state of affairs): calamitas (occasioned by loss): aerumnae: vexationes (distress): egestas (bitter poverty): angustiae temporum (bad times): tempora luctuosa (mournful times). To be in wretchedness, in miseria esse or versari; in summa infelicitate versari; iniquissima fortuna uti: to be born to wretchedness, ad miseriam or miseriis ferendis natum esse: to deliver from wretchedness, a miseria vindicare; ex miseriis eripere: to alleviate the wretchedness of anyone, miseriis aliquem levare.