mĭsĕrātĭo, ōnis, f. [miseror], a pitying, pity, compassion, commiseration (class.).
I Lit.: cum quādam miseratione delectare, Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 5: miserationem commovere, Quint. 6, 1, 46: miseratione mens judicum permovenda, Cic. Or. 38, 131: miserationem petere, i. e. to pray for pity and forgiveness , Plin. 9, 8, 10, § 33: infantis, Just. 7, 2.—
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.