maeste

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See also: maesté, mäste, and mæste

Latin

Etymology 1

From maestus (“sad, sorrowful, gloomy”) +‎ -ē, from maereō (“I am sad or mournful”).

Pronunciation

Adverb

maestē (not comparable)

  1. sadly, sorrowfully
  2. gloomily

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Adjective

maeste

  1. vocative masculine singular of maestus

References

  • “maeste”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • maeste in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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