plōrō

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plōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [etym. dub.; cf. pluo].

To cry out, to cry aloud = clamare: SI PARENTEM PVER VERBERIT. AST OLLE PLORASSIT, and he cry out, Lex. Serv. Tull. ap. Fest. p. 230 Müll.—

To wail, lament, to weep aloud.

Neutr. (class.;

syn.: lugeo, fleo): ego hercle faciam plorantem illum,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 164:

ne plora,

id. Merc. 3, 1, 3; id. Ps. 4, 4, 1:

eam plorare,

Ter. Phorm. prol. 8:

plorando fessus sum,

Cic. Att. 15, 9: date puero panem, ne ploret, Auct. ap. Quint. 6, 1, 47:

lacrimandum est, non plorandum,

Sen. Ep. 63, 1: jubeo te plorare, I bid you howl (in a double sense, alluding to their lachrymose poetry and to the chastisement its authors deserve), Hor. S. 1, 10, 91.—With dat., to or before one:

ille suae (puellae) plorabit sobrius,

Tib. 2, 5, 103:

plorabo tibi,

Vulg. Jer. 48, 32.—

Transf., of things: mimus quis melior plorante gulā, a complaining or clamorous appetite, Juv. 6, 158:

at tu, victrix provincia, ploras,

id. 1, 50.—

Act., to weep over any thing, to lament, bewail ( poet.).

With acc.:

turpe commissum,

Hor. C. 3, 27, 38:

raptum juvenem,

id. ib. 4, 2, 22:

funera,

Stat. S. 5, 3, 245:

quam multi talia plorent,

Juv. 14, 150; 15, 134:

Rachel plorans filios,

Vulg. Matt. 2, 18; id. Jer. 31, 15.—

With object-clause:

aquam hercle plorat, quom lavat, profundere,

Plaut. Aul. 2, 4, 29:

ploravere, suis non respondere favorem Speratum meritis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 9:

me tamen obicere incolis Plorares Aquilonibus,

Hor. C. 3, 10, 3 sq.

to lamen, weep, weep over.

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ap-plōro (K. and H.), āvi, 1, v. n., to lament, deplore a thing, to weep at or on account of (perh. only in the two foll. exs.).

With dat.:

querebar applorans tibi,

Hor. Epod. 11, 12 K. and H.—

Absol.:

cum jam adploraveris,

Sen. Q. N. 4, 2 Haase.

dē-flĕo, ēvi, ētum, 2, v. a. and n.

To weep over a person or thing; to lament, deplore, bewail (for syn. cf.:

deploro, ejulo, ploro, lacrimo, lamentor, fleo —class.): te cinefactum deflevimus,

Lucr. 3, 907:

Numam,

Ov. M. 15, 487:

nuptam (Eurydicen),

id. ib. 10, 12:

inter nos impendentes casus deflevimus,

Cic. Brut. 96, 329: illud initium civilis belli, Asinius Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31:

eversionem civitatis,

Quint. 3, 8, 12:

aliena mala,

id. 6, 1, 26 et saep.:

Crassi mors a multis saepe defleta,

Cic. de Or. 3, 3; cf. id. Phil. 13, 5; Verg. A. 6, 220 al.:

in deflenda nece,

Quint. 11, 3, 8 et saep. — Absol.:

dum assident, dum deflent,

Tac. A. 16, 13:

in amici sinu,

Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 5.—

Poet. with acc. and inf.:

et minui deflevit onus dorsumque levari,

Manil. 4, 748.—

Oculos, to dull with weeping, App. M. 5, p. 161, 36.—

Neutr., to weep much or violently, weep to exhaustion (very rare):

gravibus cogor deflere querelis,

Prop. 1, 16, 13; Justin. 18, 4, 13; App. M. 4 fin.

dē-plōro, āvi, ātum, v. n. and a.

Neutr., to weep bitterly, to moan, wail, lament, complain.

Prop. (repeatedly in Cic.;

elsewh. not so used): afflictus et jacens et lamentabili voce deplorans,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 13 fin.:

de suis incommodis,

id. Verr. 2, 2, 27; so,

de aliqua re,

id. ib. 2, 3, 18, § 45 (with conqueri); id. Sest. 6, 14.—

Transf., of the vine: to weep, bleed greatly, Pall. Febr. 30.—Far more freq. and [p. 550] class.,

Act., to weep for bitterly, bewail, lament, deplore.

Prop.:

si ad scopulos haec conqueri ac deplorare vellem,

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67:

damnationem illam,

id. Clu. 24, 65:

nomen reipublicae,

id. Cat. 4, 2 fin. (with lamentari); id. de Sen. 23, 84; id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115:

quae nostri aequales deplorare solebant, quod, etc.,

id. de Sen. 3, 7; Ov. M. 5, 63:

ante omnes deplorati erant equites,

Liv. 4, 40 init. et saep.:

quae de altero deplorentur,

Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 211; cf.:

multa de Gnaeo deplorabo,

id. Att. 9, 18.—

Since the Aug. per., meton. (effectus pro causa, to weep for as lost, i. e.), to regard as lost, to give up:

suam quisque spem, sua consilia, communibus deploratis exsequentes,

Liv. 5, 40, 6:

deploratur in perpetuum libertas,

id. 3, 38, 2:

agros,

id. 41, 6:

paene Romanum nomen,

id. 9, 7:

diem,

Quint. 10, 3, 128:

exitum,

Flor. 2, 18, 15:

deplorata spes est,

Liv. 26, 12; cf.

vota (coloni),

Ov. M. 1, 272:

Jason a medicis,

Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 166 al. —

Transf., of the disease, hopeless, incurable:

aurium vitia,

Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 135.

ex-plōro, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to search out, seek to discover, to examine, investigate, explore (class.; in Cic. esp. freq. in the part. perf. and P. a.; syn.: speculor, scitor, sciscitor, percontor, quaero, interrogo).

In gen.

With acc.:

explora rem totam,

Cic. Att. 6, 8, 5:

fugam domini,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 17, § 44:

ambitum Africae,

Plin. 5, 1, 1, § 8:

altera (manus) motu caecum iter explorat,

Ov. M. 10, 456:

vehiculorum onera,

Suet. Tib. 18:

glebas gustu,

Col. 2, 2, 20:

panis potionisque bonitatem gustu,

Tac. A. 12, 66 et saep.:

ad explorandum idoneum locum castris,

for choosing out, Caes. B. C. 1, 81, 1:

insidias,

to seek out, Verg. G. 3, 537.—

With rel. clause:

explorare, qui homines inhabitarent,

Petr. 116:

apud se explorare, an expediat sibi consilium,

Dig. 17, 1, 2 fin.:

exploratum est, ubi controversia incipiat,

Quint. 7, 1, 8.—

In the part. perf., examined, ascertained, known:

exploratum et provisum,

Plaut. Capt. 3, 4, 110:

jam explorata nobis sunt ea, quae, etc.,

Cic. Rep. 1, 13:

perspecta et explorata perscribere,

id. Att. 3, 15, 8; cf.:

res non incertis jactatae rumoribus, sed compertae et exploratae,

Liv. 42, 13, 1:

de numero eorum omnia se habere explorata Remi dicebant,

Caes. B. G. 2, 4, 4; id. B. C. 2, 31, 5.—In abl. neutr. absol.: explorato, it being ascertained, i. e. when he knew:

explorato, jam profectos amicos,

Tac. H. 2, 49.

In partic.

In milit. lang., to spy out, reconnoitre:

speculatoribus in omnes partes dimissis, explorat, quo commodissime itinere vallum transire possit,

Caes. B. G. 5, 49 fin.; cf. id. ib. 5, 50, 3:

itinera egressusque ejus, postremo loca atque tempora cuncta explorat,

Sall. J. 35, 5:

Siciliam adiit, Africam exploravit,

Cic. de Imp. Pomp. 12, 34:

occulte explorare loca,

Caes. B. C. 1, 66, 2:

explorato hostium consilio,

Hirt. B. G. 8, 18, 2.—In the neutr. absol.:

ante explorato et subsidiis positis,

Liv. 23, 42, 9; so id. 23, 43, 7; 27, 2 fin. —

To try, test, put to the proof (perh. not ante-Aug.):

et suspensa focis explorat robora fumus,

Verg. G. 1, 175:

taurus in adversis explorat cornua truncis,

Luc. 2, 603; cf.:

hoc jugulo dextram explora,

Sil. 11, 358:

animos,

Ov. A. A. 1, 456; Liv. 37, 7, 10:

explorans quid hostes agerent,

id. 37, 28, 6:

haec exploranda per impigros juvenes esse,

id. 22, 55:

secundae res animos,

Tac. H. 1, 15:

tyranni fidem,

Luc. 8, 582.—Hence, explōrātus, a, um, P. a. Lit., ascertained; hence, established, confirmed, certain, sure:

ut ei jam exploratus et domi conditus consulatus videretur,

Cic. Mur. 24, 49: magna et prope explorata [p. 697] spes, id. Phil. 10, 10, 20; id. Off. 3, 33, 117; id. Tusc. 5, 9, 27:

victoria,

Caes. B. G. 7, 52, 2:

ratio,

Cic. N. D. 1, 23, 64:

litterae exploratae a timore,

i. e. affording certainty, confidence, id. Att. 3, 17, 1 et saep.:

de quo mihi exploratum est, ita esse, ut scribis,

I am certain, convinced, id. Fam. 2, 16, 6; cf. id. Ac. 2, 17, 54:

quis est tam stultus, cui sit exploratum, se ad vesperum esse victurum?

id. de Sen. 19, 67:

in qua (amicitia) nihil fidum, nihil exploratum habeas,

id. Lael. 26, 97:

exploratam habere pacem,

id. Phil. 7, 6, 16:

(Deus) habet exploratum, fore, etc.,

id. N. D. 1, 19, 51:

pro explorato habebat, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 6, 5, 3.— Comp.:

facilior et exploratior devitatio legionum fore videtur, etc.,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 4.— Sup.:

exploratissima victoria,

Vell. 84, 1.— Adv.: explōrātē, with certainty, for a certainty, securely, surely (for the most part only in Cic.):

haec ita sentio, judico, ad te explorate scribo,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 15, b. 3; cf. judicare, Planc. in Cic. Fam. 10, 8, 6:

satis explorate perceptum et cognitum,

Cic. N. D. 1, 1, 1:

navigare,

id. Fam. 16, 8, 1.— Comp.:

exploratius promittere,

Cic. Fam. 6, 1, 5.— Sup. seems not to occur.

flĕo, flēvi, flētum, 2 (contr. forms flēsti, Ov. H. 5, 43; 45:

flēmus,

Prop. 2, 7, 2; cf. Lachm. ad Lucr. p. 291:

flērunt,

Verg. G. 4, 461; Stat. S. 2, 1, 175:

flēsset,

id. ib. 145:

flēsse,

Ov. M. 6, 404; Liv. 30, 44, 7), v. n. and a. [for flev-o, root phlu-; Gr. phluô, to bubble up, etc.; L. fluo, fluvius, etc.; cf. Curt. Gr. Etym. p. 301 sq.].

Lit., to weep, cry, shed tears (syn.: ploro, lugeo, lacrimo): maerentes, flentes, lacrimantes, commiserantes, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 442 P. (Ann. 107 ed. Vahl.):

fleo, quia dijungimur,

Plaut. Mil. 4, 8, 18:

quin fles,

id. Ps. 1, 1, 73:

nimium haec flet,

id. Mil. 4, 8, 14:

ne fle, mulier!

id. Ep. 4, 2, 31:

quid fles, Asterie?

Hor. C. 3, 7, 1:

ille me complexus atque osculans flere prohibebat,

Cic. Rep. 6, 14 fin.:

haec cum pluribus verbis flens a Caesare peteret,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20, 5; cf. id. ib. 7, 26, 3; id. B. C. 1, 76, 1; 3, 98, 2:

deceptus quoniam flevit et ipse, deus,

Prop. 2, 16 (3, 8), 54:

felix qui potuit praesenti flere puellae,

before, in the presence of, Prop. 1, 12, 15; cf. Tib. 1, 10, 64:

o multa fleturum caput!

Hor. Epod. 5, 74:

lapides mehercule omnes flere et lamentari coëgisses,

Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245.— Pass. impers.:

ad sepulcrum venimus: in ignem posita est: fletur,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 102:

minus est, quod flendum meo nomine quam quod gaudendum illius est,

Quint. 6 praef. § 8; so id. 6, 2, 3; 11, 1, 52.—

Transf.

Of horses, to neigh:

equorum greges comperit ubertim flere,

Suet. Caes. 81.—

Of things, to drop, trickle (ante- and post-class.):

uberibus flent omnia guttis,

Lucr. 1, 349:

flevit in templis ebur,

Sen. Thyest. 702:

imber,

Prud. Cath. 5, 24.

Act., to weep for, bewail, lament, a person or thing; to sing mournfully (mostly poet. and in post-Aug. prose; once in Cic.): He. Ne fle. Er. Egone illum non fleam? egone non defleam Talem adolescentem? Plaut. Capt. 1, 2, 36:

unicum (filium) mater,

Cat. 39, 5:

parentes Troĭlon,

Hor. C. 2, 9, 17:

Gygen,

id. ib. 3, 7, 1;

amissas amicitias,

Cat. 96, 4:

* Pisonem eis verbis flens meum casum vexavit,

Cic. Sest. 28, 60:

filii necem,

Tac. A. 6, 10; 2, 71:

suam vicem,

Curt. 10, 5, 21:

servitutem tristem,

Phaedr. 1, 2, 6:

amissum conjugem,

Just. 28, 4, 4:

fidem mutatosque deos,

Hor. C. 1, 5, 6:

moechos arrogantes,

id. ib. 1, 25, 10:

catellam raptam sibi,

id. Ep. 1, 17, 56:

amorem testudine,

id. Epod. 14, 11: feralia carmina, to sing, Col. poët. 10, 350:

virum,

Sen. Contr. 2, 11, 1:

amissum fratrem,

id. ib. 4, 29, 8:

adlatum ad se Pompeii caput,

id. ib. 10, 32, 1.—In part. perf.:

multum fleti ad superos,

bewailed, lamented, Verg. A. 6, 481; Stat. Th. 4, 103.—

With object-clause:

agmina septem Flebis in aeterno surda jacere situ,

Prop. 1, 7, 18; Val. Fl. 1, 633.—Hence, flē-tus, a, um, P. a., weeping:

mater fleta et lacrimosa,

App. M. 7, p. 199 fin. (but in Lucr. 2, 631 the correct read. is sanguinolenti).

implōro ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic form: endoplorato implorato, quod est cum questione inclamare: implorare namque est cum fletu rogare, quod est proprie vapulantis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 77 Müll.), v. a. [in-ploro], to invoke with tears, call to one ' s assistance, call upon for aid; to invoke, beseech, entreat, implore (freq. and class.; cf. invoco).

With personal objects:

quem enim alium appellem? quem obtester? quem implorem?

Cic. Fl. 2, 4; cf.: vos etiam atque etiam imploro et appello, sanctissimae deae... deos deasque omnes imploro atque obtestor, id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188:

deos precari, venerari, implorare debetis, ut, etc.,

id. Cat. 2, 13, 29 fin.; cf.:

nomen filii, i. e. filium nomine,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129:

mulieres milites passis crinibus flentes implorabant, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51 fin.:

imploratus a Siculis in auxilium,

Just. 23, 3; cf.:

ad cujus auxilium Hamilcar imploratus,

id. 22, 2:

a Veiis exercitum Camillumque ducem implorabunt,

Liv. 9, 4, 13.—With two acc. (very rare):

Romanos imploratos auxilium adversus Philippum tulisse opem,

Liv. 34, 23, 3.—

With inanim. or abstr. objects, to pray earnestly for, to beseech, entreat, implore, appeal to:

qui deus appellandus est? cujus hominis fides imploranda est?

Cic. Quint. 30, 94 fin.:

misericordiam,

id. Mur. 40, 86; cf.:

vestram fidem, dignitatem, religionem in judicando non imploro,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146; id. Mil. 34, 92:

sensus vestros,

id. Sull. 23, 64:

Heracliti memoriam,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

implorantes jura libertatis et civitatis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

mater filii nomen implorans,

repeating aloud with tears, id. ib. 2, 5, 49, §

129: auxilium a populo Romano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7; so,

nequicquam ejus auxilium, si postea velit, senatum imploraturum,

id. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

auxilium prope eversae urbi,

Liv. 4, 9, 1:

quae (altera pars) non oratoris ingenium, sed consulis auxilium implorat et flagitat,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9; cf. id. de Or. 2, 33, 144; Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:

unius opem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 40; cf.:

poscit opem chorus et... Caelestes implorat aquas docta prece blandus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

leges,

Liv. 3, 56, 12.— Rarely absol.:

mederis erroribus, sed implorantibus,

Plin. Pan. 46, 8.

implōro ( inpl-), āvi, ātum, 1 (archaic form: endoplorato implorato, quod est cum questione inclamare: implorare namque est cum fletu rogare, quod est proprie vapulantis, Paul. ex Fest. p. 77 Müll.), v. a. [in-ploro], to invoke with tears, call to one ' s assistance, call upon for aid; to invoke, beseech, entreat, implore (freq. and class.; cf. invoco).

With personal objects:

quem enim alium appellem? quem obtester? quem implorem?

Cic. Fl. 2, 4; cf.: vos etiam atque etiam imploro et appello, sanctissimae deae... deos deasque omnes imploro atque obtestor, id. Verr. 2, 5, 72, § 188:

deos precari, venerari, implorare debetis, ut, etc.,

id. Cat. 2, 13, 29 fin.; cf.:

nomen filii, i. e. filium nomine,

id. Verr. 2, 5, 49, § 129:

mulieres milites passis crinibus flentes implorabant, ne, etc.,

Caes. B. G. 1, 51 fin.:

imploratus a Siculis in auxilium,

Just. 23, 3; cf.:

ad cujus auxilium Hamilcar imploratus,

id. 22, 2:

a Veiis exercitum Camillumque ducem implorabunt,

Liv. 9, 4, 13.—With two acc. (very rare):

Romanos imploratos auxilium adversus Philippum tulisse opem,

Liv. 34, 23, 3.—

With inanim. or abstr. objects, to pray earnestly for, to beseech, entreat, implore, appeal to:

qui deus appellandus est? cujus hominis fides imploranda est?

Cic. Quint. 30, 94 fin.:

misericordiam,

id. Mur. 40, 86; cf.:

vestram fidem, dignitatem, religionem in judicando non imploro,

id. Verr. 2, 3, 62, § 146; id. Mil. 34, 92:

sensus vestros,

id. Sull. 23, 64:

Heracliti memoriam,

id. Ac. 2, 4, 11:

implorantes jura libertatis et civitatis,

id. Verr. 2, 1, 3, § 7:

mater filii nomen implorans,

repeating aloud with tears, id. ib. 2, 5, 49, §

129: auxilium a populo Romano,

Caes. B. G. 1, 31, 7; so,

nequicquam ejus auxilium, si postea velit, senatum imploraturum,

id. B. C. 1, 1 fin.:

auxilium prope eversae urbi,

Liv. 4, 9, 1:

quae (altera pars) non oratoris ingenium, sed consulis auxilium implorat et flagitat,

Cic. Rab. Perd. 3, 9; cf. id. de Or. 2, 33, 144; Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 4:

unius opem,

Cic. Rep. 1, 40; cf.:

poscit opem chorus et... Caelestes implorat aquas docta prece blandus,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 135:

leges,

Liv. 3, 56, 12.— Rarely absol.:

mederis erroribus, sed implorantibus,

Plin. Pan. 46, 8.

lā̆crĭmo (arch. lacrŭmo; not lacry-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and lacrĭmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [lacrima], to shed tears, to weep (syn.: fleo, ploro; class.).

Lit.

Form lacrimo:

ne lacruma, patrue,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 19:

nequeo quin lacrumem,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 25:

te lacrimasse moleste ferebam,

Cic. Att. 15, 27, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

lacrumo gaudio,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 55:

quid tu igitur lacrumas?

id. Hec. 3, 2, 20:

lacrumo, quae posthac futura'st vita,

id. ib. 3, 3, 45:

ecquis fuit quin lacrimaret?

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

quia oculi sunt tibi lacrumantes, eo rogavi,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 30: flentes, lacrumantes, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 442 P. (Ann. v. 107 Vahl.); cf. id. ap. Prisc. p. 824 P. (Ann. v. 175 id.):

oculis lacrimantibus,

Cic. Sest. 69, 144:

multa super nata lacrimans,

Verg. A. 7, 358.— Impers. pass.:

lacrimandum est,

Sen. Ep. 63, 1.—

Form lacrimor (postclass.), Hyg. Fab. 126; Tert. Poen. 9; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 3, 35; 2, 10, 71; Vulg. Tob. 7, 19 al.—

Act., to beweep, bewail, lament a thing (very rare):

num id lacrumat virgo?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; cf.:

lacrimo quae posthac futura est vita, quom,

id. Hec. 3, 3, 45:

Argos exsequiis lacrimandus eat,

Stat. Th. 9, 99 (but illacrimarit is the true reading, Nep. Alc. 6, 4); cf. also the foll. no.—

Transf., to weep, drop, distil, of plants which exude a gum ( poet. and post-Aug.):

lacrimantes calami,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 107:

lacrimat sua gaudia palmes, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 18: lacrimatas cortice myrrhas,

dropped, distilled, Ov. F. 1, 339.

lā̆crĭmo (arch. lacrŭmo; not lacry-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and lacrĭmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [lacrima], to shed tears, to weep (syn.: fleo, ploro; class.).

Lit.

Form lacrimo:

ne lacruma, patrue,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 19:

nequeo quin lacrumem,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 25:

te lacrimasse moleste ferebam,

Cic. Att. 15, 27, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

lacrumo gaudio,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 55:

quid tu igitur lacrumas?

id. Hec. 3, 2, 20:

lacrumo, quae posthac futura'st vita,

id. ib. 3, 3, 45:

ecquis fuit quin lacrimaret?

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

quia oculi sunt tibi lacrumantes, eo rogavi,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 30: flentes, lacrumantes, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 442 P. (Ann. v. 107 Vahl.); cf. id. ap. Prisc. p. 824 P. (Ann. v. 175 id.):

oculis lacrimantibus,

Cic. Sest. 69, 144:

multa super nata lacrimans,

Verg. A. 7, 358.— Impers. pass.:

lacrimandum est,

Sen. Ep. 63, 1.—

Form lacrimor (postclass.), Hyg. Fab. 126; Tert. Poen. 9; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 3, 35; 2, 10, 71; Vulg. Tob. 7, 19 al.—

Act., to beweep, bewail, lament a thing (very rare):

num id lacrumat virgo?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; cf.:

lacrimo quae posthac futura est vita, quom,

id. Hec. 3, 3, 45:

Argos exsequiis lacrimandus eat,

Stat. Th. 9, 99 (but illacrimarit is the true reading, Nep. Alc. 6, 4); cf. also the foll. no.—

Transf., to weep, drop, distil, of plants which exude a gum ( poet. and post-Aug.):

lacrimantes calami,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 107:

lacrimat sua gaudia palmes, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 18: lacrimatas cortice myrrhas,

dropped, distilled, Ov. F. 1, 339.

lā̆crĭmo (arch. lacrŭmo; not lacry-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and lacrĭmor, ātus, 1, v. dep. [lacrima], to shed tears, to weep (syn.: fleo, ploro; class.).

Lit.

Form lacrimo:

ne lacruma, patrue,

Plaut. Poen. 5, 4, 19:

nequeo quin lacrumem,

Ter. Hec. 3, 3, 25:

te lacrimasse moleste ferebam,

Cic. Att. 15, 27, 2; id. Tusc. 1, 39, 93:

lacrumo gaudio,

Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 55:

quid tu igitur lacrumas?

id. Hec. 3, 2, 20:

lacrumo, quae posthac futura'st vita,

id. ib. 3, 3, 45:

ecquis fuit quin lacrimaret?

Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 46, § 121:

quia oculi sunt tibi lacrumantes, eo rogavi,

Plaut. As. 3, 3, 30: flentes, lacrumantes, Enn. ap. Diom. p. 442 P. (Ann. v. 107 Vahl.); cf. id. ap. Prisc. p. 824 P. (Ann. v. 175 id.):

oculis lacrimantibus,

Cic. Sest. 69, 144:

multa super nata lacrimans,

Verg. A. 7, 358.— Impers. pass.:

lacrimandum est,

Sen. Ep. 63, 1.—

Form lacrimor (postclass.), Hyg. Fab. 126; Tert. Poen. 9; Cael. Aur. Acut. 1, 3, 35; 2, 10, 71; Vulg. Tob. 7, 19 al.—

Act., to beweep, bewail, lament a thing (very rare):

num id lacrumat virgo?

Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13; cf.:

lacrimo quae posthac futura est vita, quom,

id. Hec. 3, 3, 45:

Argos exsequiis lacrimandus eat,

Stat. Th. 9, 99 (but illacrimarit is the true reading, Nep. Alc. 6, 4); cf. also the foll. no.—

Transf., to weep, drop, distil, of plants which exude a gum ( poet. and post-Aug.):

lacrimantes calami,

Plin. 17, 14, 24, § 107:

lacrimat sua gaudia palmes, Ven. Carm. 3, 9, 18: lacrimatas cortice myrrhas,

dropped, distilled, Ov. F. 1, 339.