pity (subs.) Copy link Outline 1. mĭsĕrĭcordia2. mĭsĕrātio (act of pitying, feeling of p.) • pity (subs.): 1. mĭsĕrĭcordia: to be overcome with p. for any one, misericordia alicujus frangi, Cic. Att. 7, 12, med.: to move to p., aliquem ad m. inducere, id. Br. 50, 188: cf. id. de Or. 1, 12, 53 (mentes ad lenitatem m.que revocare). 2. mĭsĕrātio (act of pitying, feeling of p.): Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 3: to excite p. (commiseration), m. commovere, Quint. 6, 1, 46: v. COMMISERATION. To feel p. for, expr. by mĭsĕret: v. to pity. Phr.: it was a great p. that ..., perincommode accidit quod ..., Cic. Att. 1., 17, 1: what a p. it is that ..., *quam incommode factum est quod! male factum (est)!