mourning (subs.) Copy link Outline I. As feltII. As expressed by the dress, etc.1. luctus, ūs2. squālor (foul garment, as the recognized symbol of grief)3. sordes, ium, f. (like preced.)4. lūgubria (sc. vestimenta). to put on m., l. imponere, Sen. Cons. Helv. 16, 2; induere, Ov. M. 11, 669 • mourning (subs.): I. As felt: luctus, moeror: v. grief. See also to mourn. II. As expressed by the dress, etc.: 1. luctus, ūs: to be in m., in l. esse, Cic. Sext. 14, init.: the m. was limited to thirty days, triginta diebus l. est finitus, Liv. 22, 56: that does not go into m., expers luctūs, ib.: to lay aside m., l. laeto cultu mutare, Tac. A. 2, 75, extr. 2. squālor (foul garment, as the recognized symbol of grief): Join: squalor et sordes, Cic. Clu. 6, 18: squalor atque moestitia, Tac. H. 1, 54. 3. sordes, ium, f. (like preced.): to be plunged in grief and m., in lacrimis et s. jacere, Cic. Fam. 14, 2, med.: Liv. 6, 16, fin.: cf. supr. (2). 4. lūgubria (sc. vestimenta). to put on m., l. imponere, Sen. Cons. Helv. 16, 2; induere, Ov. M. 11, 669: to put off m., l. exuere, Sen. l. c. Phr.: (i). to be in m.: (1). lūgeo, xi, ctum, 2: it is unlawful for those who are in m. to do it, lugentibus id facere est (nefas), Liv. 22, 56, med.: Cic.: v. to mourn (1). (2). squāleo, 2 (to wear the dingy garb of grief): the municipal towns are in m., squalent municipia, Cic. Mil. 8, 20: more fully, squalebat civitas publico consilio mutata veste, i. e. a general m. was appointed, id. Sext. 14, init. (N.B.--Not sordeo in this sense.) (ii). to go into m.: (1). vestītum mūto, 1: Cic. Sext. 14, 33; or vestem muto, ib. § 32. (2). lūgubria impōno, induo: v. supr. (4). (iii). to leave off m.: (i). ad vestitum rĕdeo, 4, irr.: Cic. Sext. 14, 33. (2). lūgubria exuo, i, ūtum, 3: v. supr. (4). See also supr. (II., 1). (iv). dressed in m. (in a state of m.): (1). sordĭdātus: they came to Rome dressed in m., Romam venerunt sordidati, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 25, fin.: Tac. Join: moestus ac sordidatus, Cic. de Or. 2, 47, 195. (2). lūgubris, e (in mourning, from bereavement; whereas sordidatus simply means attired in mourning garb, for any cause, e. g. the danger of a criminal trial): many distinguished families were in m., multae et clarae lugubres domus (erant), Liv. 3, 32, med. (the opposite of which is, expers luctus, not in m., ib.). (3). pullātus (like sordidatus: rare): Juv. 3, 213. (4). squālĭdus (= preced.: rare): Ov. M. 15, 38. Phr.: there was not a single family that was not in m., nullius penates moeroris expertes erant, Val. Max. 1, 1, 15.
mourning (adj.) Copy link Outline 1. lūgubris, e2. moestus • mourning (adj.): i. e. relating to the outward expression of grief: 1. lūgubris, e: m. attire, l. vestis, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 45; l. cultus, Tac. A. 13, 32. Pl. neut. lugubria, m. attire, Sen.: Ov.: v. mourning, subs. (Phr.). 2. moestus: m. garment, m. vestis, Prop.: v. sorrowful.
MOURNING Copy link • MOURNINGSorrow, grief, luctus; maestitia maeror. A house of mourning, domus lugubris (general term); domus funesta (in which a corpse lies). The outward signs, garb, etc., of sorrow, vestis or cultus lugubris; squalor; sordes. To be in mourning, pullatum or sotdidatum esse squalere: many noble families were in mourning, multae et clarae lugubres erant domus: in mourning, sordidatus; pullatus; atratus; veste lugubri vestitus: to put on mourning, vestem mutare; vestem lugubrem sumere or induere: to leave off mourning, ad vestitum (suum) redire (opposed to vestem mutare); luctum deponere or finire; vestem lugubrem deponere or exuere.