moving (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. flēbĭlis, e2. mĭsĕrābĭlis, e (piteous) • moving (adj.): i. e. calculated to excite pity: 1. flēbĭlis, e: a wretched and m. sight, misera et f. species, Cic. Ph. 11, 3, 7: m. strains, f. modi, Hor. Od. 2, 9, 9. (N.B.--By no means commovens [R. and A.]; cf. Nägels. p. 321: though the verb commoveo may often serve, with object expressed: a m. strain, *aptus commovendis animis cantus, Nägels. l. c.) 2. mĭsĕrābĭlis, e (piteous): m. epilogues (perorations), m. epilogi, Cic. Pl. 34, 83: Hor. Phr.: in the most m. manner, magna cum misericordia fletuque, Caes. B. C. 2, 12, extr.