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).
COMPASSIONATE Copy link • COMPASSIONATE 1. misericors, towards anybody, in aliquem (general term) ad misericordiam propensus (given or inclined to compassion): verycompassion, misericordia singulari (vir): to show one’s self compassionate towards anybody, misericordem esse or misericordia uti in aliquem; misericordem se praebere in aliquem to render anybody compassionate, Vid: “to excite anybody’s COMPASSION” misericordiae plenus (full of compassion). 2. v. Vid: COMPASSION.