sub-tristis

e, adj.
I. somewhat sad or sorrowful (ante- and post-class.): subtristis visus est mihi, Ter. And. 2, 6, 16; Hier. Ep. 107, 9.—Comp.: cera subtristior, Hier. Ep. 60, 1.
Lewis & Short
A Latin Dictionary, 1879
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