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mĭsĕrātĭo , ōnis, f. miseror,
I.a pitying, pity, compassion, commiseration (class.).
II. Transf., rhetor., a pathetic speech: “miserationibus uti,Cic. Brut. 21, 82: “judicem inclinat miseratio,Quint. 4, 1, 14; 6, 1, 23; 4, 1, 27; 4, 3, 15 et saep.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (8):
    • Cicero, Letters to his Friends, 5.12.5
    • Pliny the Elder, Naturalis Historia, 9.33
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.23
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.46
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 4, 1.27
    • Cicero, Brutus, 21.82
    • Cicero, Orator, 38.131
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