compassionate (adj.) Copy link • compassionate (adj.): mĭsĕrĭcors, dis: c. towards any one, m. in aliquem., Cic.; also in aliquo (i. e. in any one's case), Sall. The comp. and superl. must be expr. by circuml.: as, very c., misericordiae plenus; magna s. eximia misericordia; prae omnibus clemens ac misericors: more c., majoris misericordiae: v. compassion. (The forms in -ior and -issimus occur, but are inelegant).