tristis

== Latin == === Alternative forms === trīstus (late, proscribed) === Etymology === Unknown. Variously compared to Proto-West Germanic *þrīstī (“bold, daring”), Ancient Greek δριμύς (drimús, “sharp; bitter”) and Old Church Slavonic дрѧхлъ (dręxlŭ, “sad”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈtriːs.tɪs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈtris.tis] === Adjective === trīstis (neuter trīste, comparative trīstior, superlative trīstissimus, adverb trīste); third-declension two-termination adjective sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose Synonyms: maestus, infēlīx, miser, aeger Antonyms: laetus, alacer, vīvus, fēlīx sorrowful, mournful disagreeable, harsh, bitter (of taste) foul, offensive (of smell) ==== Declension ==== Third-declension two-termination adjective. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Reflexes of the late variant trīstus: Unsorted borrowings: === References === Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “tristis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 13: To–Tyrus, page 302 === Further reading === “tristis”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “tristis”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "tristis", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “tristis”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.