Italian

Verb

contristo

1. first-person singular present indicative of contristare

Anagrams

• scontorti

Latin

Etymology

con- +‎ trīstis ‎(“sad, unhappy, melancholy, morose, sorrowful, mournful”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈtris.toː/, [kɔnˈtrɪs.toː]

Verb

contristō ‎(present infinitive contristāre, perfect active contristāvī, supine contristātum); first conjugation

1. I sadden, depress, discourage, oppress
2. I afflict, damage (crops)
3. I darken, make gloomy

Inflection

Descendants

• Italian: contristare

References

• contristo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• contristo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “contristo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.