CONTRISTATUS, contristatus
Sounds Like: kon-tris-TAH-toos
Translations: saddened, grieved, made sorrowful, a saddened one, a grieved one
From the root: CONTRISTO
Part of Speech: Adjective, Participle
Explanation: This word is a perfect passive participle derived from the verb 'contristo', meaning 'to sadden' or 'to grieve'. As a participle, it functions as an adjective, describing someone or something that has been made sad or sorrowful. It can be used to describe a state of being, indicating that the subject is in a state of sadness due to an external cause.
Inflection: Masculine, Singular, Nominative
Instances
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Polycarp’s Letter to the Philippians — 11:1
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, CONTRISTO.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- CONTRISTO — to sadden, to grieve, to make sad, to afflict, to distress
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