călămĭtōsus

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călămĭtōsus, a, um, adj. [calamitas].

Act., that causes great damage or loss, ruinous, destructive.

Lit.:

uti (regio) bonum caelum habeat, ne calamitosum sit,

Cato, R. R. 1, 2:

per omnes partes provinciae te tamquam aliquam calamitosam tempestatem pestemque pervasisse,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 38, § 96; cf.

calamitas, I.: tempestas,

Dig. 19, 2, 15, § 2.—

Trop., destructive, disastrous, ruinous, pernicious, calamitous:

acer bissimum et calamitosissimum bellum,

Cic. Phil. 11, 13, 34:

hoc enim ipsum, utile putare quod turpe sit, calamitosum est,

id. Off. 3, 12, 49:

exitus hujus calamitosissimi belli,

id. Fam. 6, 21, 1:

fuga patriae calamitosa,

id. Div. 1, 28, 59:

plebi incendium,

Sall. C. 48, 2: victoriae funestae populo Romano et calamitosae, *Suet. Calig. 23:

quid hac clade tristius? quid calamitosius?

Flor. 3, 18, 15.—

Pass., suffering great damage, exposed to injury, unfortunate, miserable, unhappy.

Lit.:

loca,

Cato, R. R. 35, 1; 1, 2:

agri vectigal,

Cic. Agr. 2, 29, 80:

hordeum,

Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 79.—

Trop.:

calamitosum dicitur malis et calamitatibus praegravatum,

Non. p. 33, 26:

homines miseri et fortunā magis quam culpā calamitosi,

Cic. Fam. 9, 13, 3; so id. Tusc. 4, 38, 82:

calamitosum est bonis everti, calamitosius cum dedecore,

id. Quint. 31, 95: id. Div. in Caecil. 21, 70:

otium,

id. Fin. 5, 19, 54:

res misera et calamitosa,

id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77:

calamitosissimus omnium Regulus,

Sen. Ep. 71, 17.—

* Adv.: călămĭtōsē, unfortunately, Cic. Off. 3, 29, 105.

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călămĭtas, ātis, f. [cf. in columis].

Lit., loss, injury, damage, mischief, harm: sed ecca ipsa egreditur, nostri fundi calamitas (Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 34). Proprie calamitatem rustici grandinem dicunt, Don.; cf. the same on Ter Heaut. 2, 4, 15: robigo genus est vitii, quo culmi pereunt, quod a rusticanis calamitas dicitur, Serv ad Verg. G. 1, 151: postquam calamitas plures annos arvas calvitur, Pac. ap. Non. p. 192, 30; Plaut. Cas. 5, 2, 34; id. Capt. 4, 3, 4:

non ut legatus populi Romani, sed ut quaedam calamitas pervadere videretur,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 17, § 44 (cf. calamitosus, I A.):

in calamitate fructuum,

in the failure, id. ib. 2, 3, 98, §

227: gregem afficere magnā calamitate,

Varr. R. R. 2, 1, 27.—

Trop.

In gen., loss, misfortune, mishap, injury, calamity, disaster, ruin, adversity (freq. in class. prose and in iambic verse;

excluded from hexameters by the measure): quanta,

Plaut. Poen. 4, 2, 101:

ita eam oppressit calamitas,

Ter. Hec. prol. 22 (30):

nova,

Cic. Agr. 2, 3, 8:

videbam, perniciem meam cum magnā calamitate rei publicae esse conjunctam,

id. Cat. 1, 5, 11:

aliis cau-sam calamitatis attribuere,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 41, § 106:

calamitatem capere,

id. Div. 1, 16:

in calamitate esse,

distress, Sall. C. 44, 5:

calamitates perferre,

Caes. B. G. 3, 19:

tolerare,

Cic. Att. 3, 14, 2:

ferre,

Nep. Timol. 4, 1; cf.:

calamitates ferre,

id. Ham. 1, 3:

calamitate prohibere aliquem,

Cic. Imp. Pomp. 7, 18:

ignominiam et calamitatem in domum referre,

id. Off. 1, 39, 138; Phaedr. 1, 3 fin.; cf. id. 3, prol. 40:

calamitates publicae,

Suet. Calig. 31; Col. 1, 3, 7.—

In the histt. esp., the misfortunes of war, disaster, defeat: magnam inde calamitatem pulsos accepisse; quibus proeliis calamitatibusque fractos, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 31:

magna clades atque calamitas rempublicam oppressisset,

Sall. C. 39, 4:

accipere,

Nep. Con. 1, 3:

accidit illa calamitas apud Leuctra,

id. Ages. 6, 1:

calamitates belli ferre,

id. Hann. 1, 3:

calamitatem inferre alicui,

Caes. B. G. 1, 12.—Hence opp. to victoria, Suet. Caes. 60.—

Transf.:

hostium adversus calamitates contendere,

against the prostrate enemy, Just. 11, 12, 13.

mĭser, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [prob. Sanscr. root mi-; cf. minuo; akin to Gr. misos; Lat. maestus, maereo], wretched, unfortunate, miserable, pitiable, lamentable, etc. (cf.: infelix, calamitosus).

Of persons:

nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,

Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57:

homo miser, et infortunatus,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:

miser atque infelix,

Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

urgeris multis miser undique curis,

Lucr. 3, 1051:

o multo miserior Dolabella, quam ille, quem tu miserrimum esse voluisti,

Cic. Phil. 11, 4, 8:

miser, infelix, aerumnosus,

id. Par. 2, 1, 16:

miserrimum habere aliquem,

to torment, id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

miserrimus Fui fugitando,

have exhausted myself with running, am completely tired out, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 7.—With gen.:

miseros ambitionis,

Plin. Pan. 58, 5.—

Of things, afflicting, sad, wretched, melancholy:

miserā ambitione laborare,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

misera orbitas,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

misera et calamitosa res,

id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77.—

Sick, ill, indisposed, etc.:

quo morbo misera sum,

suffer, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 39:

homini misero non invideo medicinam,

Petr. 129; cf.:

quid illam miseram animi excrucias?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 76:

homo animo suo miser,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 36:

miserum esse ex animo,

to be wretched in mind, sick at heart, id. Ep. 4, 1, 1.—

Violent, excessive, extravagant:

amor,

Verg. A. 5, 655:

cultus miser,

with regard to dress, Hor. S. 2, 2, 66.—

Bad, vile, poor, worthless:

carmen,

Verg. E. 3, 27:

remedium,

Cels. 5, 26, 34.—With gen.: morum, Stat. Th. 4, 403:

hominem perditum miserumque,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 28.—

As an exclamation, inserted in the midst of a sentence:

ossa atque pellis sum, misera, macritudine,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 32: miserum! (parenthetically) i. e. what a misfortune! how sad! tum pendere poenas Cecropidae jussi (miserum!) septena quotannis Corpora, Verg. A. 6, 21.—As subst.: mĭsĕ-rum, i, n., a wretched thing, wretchedness:

bonum valetudo, miserum morbus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 MSS. dub. (Madv. and B. and K. miser).—Hence, adv., in two forms.

mĭsĕrē, wretchedly, miserably; desperately, vehemently, excessively, urgently (class.): est misere scriptum, Pseudole! Ps. O miserrime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 72:

vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 501:

misere amare,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 32:

deperire,

id. Cist. 1, 2, 12:

invidere,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 22:

orare aliquid,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 124:

discedere quaerens,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 8; cf.:

misere cupis abire,

id. ib. 1, 9, 14:

ut miserius a vobis recipiatur quam ab illo capta est,

Liv. 34, 24, 2:

misere miser,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 21:

misere male,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 10.—

mĭsĕrĭter, wretchedly, lamentably, sadly (ante-class.; poet.): corrumpi, Laber. ap. Non. 517, 2:

alloqui,

Cat. 63, 49; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Vahl. Enn. p. 180, n. 40).

mĭser, ĕra, ĕrum, adj. [prob. Sanscr. root mi-; cf. minuo; akin to Gr. misos; Lat. maestus, maereo], wretched, unfortunate, miserable, pitiable, lamentable, etc. (cf.: infelix, calamitosus).

Of persons:

nihil est tam miserabile, quam ex beato miser,

Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57:

homo miser, et infortunatus,

Plaut. Bacch. 5, 1, 20:

miser atque infelix,

Cic. Quint. 30, 94:

urgeris multis miser undique curis,

Lucr. 3, 1051:

o multo miserior Dolabella, quam ille, quem tu miserrimum esse voluisti,

Cic. Phil. 11, 4, 8:

miser, infelix, aerumnosus,

id. Par. 2, 1, 16:

miserrimum habere aliquem,

to torment, id. Fam. 14, 7, 1:

miserrimus Fui fugitando,

have exhausted myself with running, am completely tired out, Ter. Eun. 5, 2, 7.—With gen.:

miseros ambitionis,

Plin. Pan. 58, 5.—

Of things, afflicting, sad, wretched, melancholy:

miserā ambitione laborare,

Hor. S. 1, 4, 26:

misera orbitas,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84:

misera et calamitosa res,

id. Rosc. Am. 28, 77.—

Sick, ill, indisposed, etc.:

quo morbo misera sum,

suffer, Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 39:

homini misero non invideo medicinam,

Petr. 129; cf.:

quid illam miseram animi excrucias?

Plaut. Mil. 4, 2, 76:

homo animo suo miser,

id. Truc. 2, 7, 36:

miserum esse ex animo,

to be wretched in mind, sick at heart, id. Ep. 4, 1, 1.—

Violent, excessive, extravagant:

amor,

Verg. A. 5, 655:

cultus miser,

with regard to dress, Hor. S. 2, 2, 66.—

Bad, vile, poor, worthless:

carmen,

Verg. E. 3, 27:

remedium,

Cels. 5, 26, 34.—With gen.: morum, Stat. Th. 4, 403:

hominem perditum miserumque,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 28.—

As an exclamation, inserted in the midst of a sentence:

ossa atque pellis sum, misera, macritudine,

Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 32: miserum! (parenthetically) i. e. what a misfortune! how sad! tum pendere poenas Cecropidae jussi (miserum!) septena quotannis Corpora, Verg. A. 6, 21.—As subst.: mĭsĕ-rum, i, n., a wretched thing, wretchedness:

bonum valetudo, miserum morbus,

Cic. Fin. 5, 28, 84 MSS. dub. (Madv. and B. and K. miser).—Hence, adv., in two forms.

mĭsĕrē, wretchedly, miserably; desperately, vehemently, excessively, urgently (class.): est misere scriptum, Pseudole! Ps. O miserrime, Plaut. Ps. 1, 1, 72:

vivere,

Cic. Fin. 3, 15, 501:

misere amare,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 6, 32:

deperire,

id. Cist. 1, 2, 12:

invidere,

Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 22:

orare aliquid,

id. Heaut. 2, 3, 124:

discedere quaerens,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 8; cf.:

misere cupis abire,

id. ib. 1, 9, 14:

ut miserius a vobis recipiatur quam ab illo capta est,

Liv. 34, 24, 2:

misere miser,

Plaut. Cist. 4, 2, 21:

misere male,

id. Bacch. 4, 9, 10.—

mĭsĕrĭter, wretchedly, lamentably, sadly (ante-class.; poet.): corrumpi, Laber. ap. Non. 517, 2:

alloqui,

Cat. 63, 49; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 1010 P. (Vahl. Enn. p. 180, n. 40).