plaintive Copy link Outline 1. flēbĭlis, e2. mĭsĕrābĭlis, e3. quĕrŭlus (as it were, complaining) • plaintive: 1. flēbĭlis, e: p. strains, f. modi, Hor. Od. 2, 9, 9: Ov. 2. mĭsĕrābĭlis, e: p. elegies, m. elegi, Hor. Od. 1, 33, 2. 3. quĕrŭlus (as it were, complaining): p. cries, q. ululatus, Ov. H. 5, 73. See also mournful.