Multis ille bonis flebilis occidit

flēbĭlis, e, adj. [fleo].

Pass., to be wept over, to be lamented, lamentable (class.):

ponite ante oculos miseram illam et flebilem speciem,

Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

o flebiles vigilias!

id. Planc. 42, 101:

Hector,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 32:

Ino,

Hor. A. P. 123:

flebile principium melior fortuna secuta est,

Ov. M. 7, 518.—With dat. pers.:

multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, Nulli flebilior, quam tibi, Vergili,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 9.—

That makes or causes to weep, that brings tears ( poet. and rare): cepe, Lucil. ap. Non. 201, 2:

ultor,

Ov. H. 13, 48:

flebile dictu,

Sil. 9, 502.—

Weeping, tearful, doleful (class.): gemitus elamentabilis;

imbecillus, abjectus, flebilis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

maeror (est) aegritudo flebilis,

id. ib. 4, 8, 18; cf.:

affectus vel concitati vel flebiles,

Quint. 11, 3, 162:

vox,

id. ib. 64:

elegia,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:

modi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 9:

suavitas,

Quint. 11, 3, 170:

spargebat tepidos flebilis imbre sinus,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 68:

sponsa,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 21:

matrona,

App. M. 6, p. 125, 2 Elm.—In neut.:

flebile, adverbially: exclusus flebile cantet amans,

dolefully, plaintively, sadly, Ov. R. Am. 36:

gavisae,

Stat. Th. 12, 426; Sil. 7, 648.—Hence, adv.: flēbĭlĭter (acc. to II. B.), mournfully, dolefully:

vide, quam non flebiliter respondeat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

lamentari,

id. ib. 2, 21, 49:

canere,

id. ib. 1, 35, 85:

gemere,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 5.— Comp.:

daemones flebilius ululant,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 57.

flēbilis, e (fleo), I) passiv = beweinenswert, kläglich, illa species, Cic.: vigiliae, Cic.: Hector, Ov. – m. Dat. (für jmd.), multis ille bonis flebilis occĭdit, nulli flebilior quam tibi, Hor. carm. 1, 24, 9 sq.: u. (neutr. pl.) subst., quicumque iubentur pati timidis ignavisque flebilia, Sen. prov. 4, 8. – m. 2. Supin., flebile dictu (als Parenthese), Sil. 9, 502. – Compar., flebilius aliquid, Sen. Troad. 794. – II) aktiv = A) Tränen verursachend, cepe, Lucil. 194. Varro sat. Men. 250: ultor, schmerzlicher, Ov. her. 13, 48. – B) weinerlich, weinend, kläglich, klagend, u. daher rührend, α) v. Lebl., vox, Cic. u. Quint.: voces, Acc. fr. u. Sen.: modi, Hor., pressi et flebiles modi, Cic.: gemitus, Cic.: questus (Plur.), Liv.: ululatus, Wehgeheul, Iustin.: elegia, Ov.: carmina flebiliora, Ov.: habebat flebile quiddam in quaestionibus, Cic.: flebile nescio quid queritur lyra, Ov. – flebile adv., Ov. u.a. – β) v. Pers., weinend, klagend, Ino, Hor.: sponsa, Hor.: pompa, Hor.: matrona, Apul.: spargebat (illa) teneros flebilis imbre sinus, Ov.

flēbĭlis, e, adj. [fleo].

Pass., to be wept over, to be lamented, lamentable (class.):

ponite ante oculos miseram illam et flebilem speciem,

Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7:

o flebiles vigilias!

id. Planc. 42, 101:

Hector,

Ov. Am. 2, 1, 32:

Ino,

Hor. A. P. 123:

flebile principium melior fortuna secuta est,

Ov. M. 7, 518.—With dat. pers.:

multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, Nulli flebilior, quam tibi, Vergili,

Hor. C. 1, 24, 9.—

That makes or causes to weep, that brings tears ( poet. and rare): cepe, Lucil. ap. Non. 201, 2:

ultor,

Ov. H. 13, 48:

flebile dictu,

Sil. 9, 502.—

Weeping, tearful, doleful (class.): gemitus elamentabilis;

imbecillus, abjectus, flebilis,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:

maeror (est) aegritudo flebilis,

id. ib. 4, 8, 18; cf.:

affectus vel concitati vel flebiles,

Quint. 11, 3, 162:

vox,

id. ib. 64:

elegia,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:

modi,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 9:

suavitas,

Quint. 11, 3, 170:

spargebat tepidos flebilis imbre sinus,

Ov. Am. 3, 6, 68:

sponsa,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 21:

matrona,

App. M. 6, p. 125, 2 Elm.—In neut.:

flebile, adverbially: exclusus flebile cantet amans,

dolefully, plaintively, sadly, Ov. R. Am. 36:

gavisae,

Stat. Th. 12, 426; Sil. 7, 648.—Hence, adv.: flēbĭlĭter (acc. to II. B.), mournfully, dolefully:

vide, quam non flebiliter respondeat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:

lamentari,

id. ib. 2, 21, 49:

canere,

id. ib. 1, 35, 85:

gemere,

Hor. C. 4, 12, 5.— Comp.:

daemones flebilius ululant,

Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 57.