CONTRISTO, contristo
Sounds Like: kon-TRIS-toh
Translations: to sadden, to grieve, to make sad, to afflict, to distress
From the root: CONTRISTO
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: Contristo is a Latin verb meaning 'to sadden' or 'to grieve'. It describes the act of causing sorrow or distress to someone or something. It can be used transitively, taking a direct object that is made sad.
Inflection: First Conjugation, Present Active Indicative, First Person Singular (I sadden); or Present Active Imperative, Second Person Singular (Sadden!)
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From the same root
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- CONTRISTATUS — saddened, grieved, made sorrowful, a saddened one, a grieved one
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