tears

tears / exudations from some plants.

lā̆crĭma (archaic lacrŭma, not lacryma, lachryma; old form dacrĭma, freq. in Livius Andronicus, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.; v. the letter D), ae, f. [dacru-ma, kindred with Gr. dakru; Sanscr. asru for dasru; Goth. tah-ja; Engl. tear; Germ. Zaehre; cf. the Sanscr. root dans and Gr. dak-nô, to bite], a tear.

Lit.: meae in quem lacrumae guttatim cadunt, Enn. ap. Non. 116, 1 (Trag. v. 238 Vahl.):

miserae,

id. ib. (Trag. v. 168 id.):

lacrimas effundere,

Lucr. 1, 125:

cito arescit lacrima, praesertim in alienis malis,

Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57:

lacrimas dare ignoto,

to shed a tear, to weep for, Ov. M. 11, 720:

lacrumas mi haec, quom video, eliciunt, quia, etc.,

Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13:

ut mi excivisti lacrumas,

id. Cist. 1, 1, 113:

homini lacrumae cadunt quasi puero gaudio,

tears fall from his eyes for joy, he sheds tears of joy, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20:

lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes,

her brilliant eyes moistened with tears, Verg. A. 1, 228:

neque prae lacrimis jam loqui possum,

cannot speak for tears, Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf. id. Planc. 41, 99:

lacrimas non tenere,

not withhold tears, not restrain them, id. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:

tradere se lacrimis et tristitiae,

id. Fam. 5, 14:

lacrimis confici,

id. ib. 14, 4:

multis cum lacrimis obsecrare,

Caes. B. G. 1, 20:

manantibus prae gaudio lacrimis,

shedding tears of joy, Curt. 7, 8, 5:

lacrimis semper paratis,

Juv. 6, 273:

lacrumae confictae dolis,

Ter. And. 3, 3, 26:

diu cohibitae lacrimae prorumpunt,

tears long restrained break forth, Plin. Ep. 3, 16:

fatiscere in lacrimas,

to dissolve in tears, Val. Fl. 3, 395:

lacrumis opplet os totum sibi,

Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 65:

lacrimas effundere,

to shed, Lucr. 1, 126; Cic. Planc. 42, 101:

profundere,

id. Font. 17, 38:

fundere,

Vulg. Jud. 14, 16:

mittere,

to let flow, Sen. Ep. 76, 20;

but lacrimas mitte,

away with tears, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 27:

lacrimae siccentur protinus,

Juv. 16, 27:

dare,

Verg. A. 4, 370:

ciere,

to cause to flow, id. ib. 6, 468:

movere,

Quint. 4, 2, 77:

commovere,

Curt. 5, 5, 7:

cohibere,

Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5:

per lacrimas effundere bilem,

Juv. 5, 159:

ciere,

Verg. A. 6, 468:

lacrumas excussit mihi,

forced from me, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115:

quis talia fando temperet a lacrimis,

Verg. A. 2, 6:

abstersis lacrimis,

Curt. 5, 5, 8:

absterget Deus omnem lacrymam ab oculis,

Vulg. Apoc. 7, 17.—Prov.:

hinc illae lacrumae,

Ter. And. 1, 1, 99; imitated by Cic. Cael. 25, 61, and Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 41; cf.:

inde irae et lacrimae,

Juv. 1, 168.—

Transf., a tear or gum-drop which exudes from plants:

narcissi,

Verg. G. 4, 160:

arborum,

Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14; 21, 5, 11, § 24;

vitium,

id. 23 praef. 3, § 3; Col. 10, 103.

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lăcrĭmōsus ( lacrŭm-, lacrym-), a, um, adj. [lacrima], full of tears, tearful, weeping ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

lumina (i. e. oculi),

Ov. M. 1, 8, 111:

oculi,

Plin. 38, 6, 17, § 34.—

That excites to tears, lamentable, doleful:

fumus,

Ov. M. 10, 6; Hor. S. 1, 5, 80; cf.:

caepis odor lacrimosus,

Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101:

Trojae funera,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 14:

bellum,

id. ib. 1, 21, 13:

carmen,

plaintive, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 35:

poëmata,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67.—

Transf., weeping, dropping, exuding.— Act., of plants:

vites,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 261.— Pass., of the sap:

lacrimosum electrum,

Verg. Cir. 434; cf. Ov. M. 2, 364.—Hence, adv.: lăcrĭmōsē, with tears (post-class.), Gell. 10, 3, 4.

lăcrĭmōsus ( lacrŭm-, lacrym-), a, um, adj. [lacrima], full of tears, tearful, weeping ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

lumina (i. e. oculi),

Ov. M. 1, 8, 111:

oculi,

Plin. 38, 6, 17, § 34.—

That excites to tears, lamentable, doleful:

fumus,

Ov. M. 10, 6; Hor. S. 1, 5, 80; cf.:

caepis odor lacrimosus,

Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101:

Trojae funera,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 14:

bellum,

id. ib. 1, 21, 13:

carmen,

plaintive, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 35:

poëmata,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67.—

Transf., weeping, dropping, exuding.— Act., of plants:

vites,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 261.— Pass., of the sap:

lacrimosum electrum,

Verg. Cir. 434; cf. Ov. M. 2, 364.—Hence, adv.: lăcrĭmōsē, with tears (post-class.), Gell. 10, 3, 4.

lăcrĭmōsus ( lacrŭm-, lacrym-), a, um, adj. [lacrima], full of tears, tearful, weeping ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose).

Lit.:

lumina (i. e. oculi),

Ov. M. 1, 8, 111:

oculi,

Plin. 38, 6, 17, § 34.—

That excites to tears, lamentable, doleful:

fumus,

Ov. M. 10, 6; Hor. S. 1, 5, 80; cf.:

caepis odor lacrimosus,

Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101:

Trojae funera,

Hor. C. 1, 8, 14:

bellum,

id. ib. 1, 21, 13:

carmen,

plaintive, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 35:

poëmata,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67.—

Transf., weeping, dropping, exuding.— Act., of plants:

vites,

Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 261.— Pass., of the sap:

lacrimosum electrum,

Verg. Cir. 434; cf. Ov. M. 2, 364.—Hence, adv.: lăcrĭmōsē, with tears (post-class.), Gell. 10, 3, 4.

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flētus, a, um, Part. and P. a., from fleo.

flētus, ūs, m. [fleo], a weeping, wailing, lamenting.

Lit. (class.; in sing. and plur.): nemo me lacrimis decoret nec funera fletu Faxit, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 34 (Epigr. 1, 3, p. 162 ed. Vahl.); cf.: quantum fletum factum audivi! Cato ap. Gell. 10, 3, 17; and:

quod usque eo visum est indignum, ut urbe tota fletus gemitusque fieret,

Cic. Rosc. Am. 9, 24:

lugubris lamentatio fletusque maerens,

id. Tusc. 1, 13, 30:

mulierum,

id. Verr. 2, 4, 21, § 47:

fletus cum singultu,

id. Planc. 31, 76:

prae fletu et dolore,

for tears, id. Att. 11, 7, 6:

assiduo fletu sororis,

id. Clu. 6, 15:

haec magna cum misericordia fletuque pronuntiantur,

Caes. B. C. 2, 12 fin.:

clamore ac fletu omnia compleri,

id. B. G. 5, 33 fin.:

fletum populo movere,

Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228:

fletum reprimere,

id. Rep. 6, 15:

magno fletu auxilium petere,

Caes. B. G. 1, 32, 1:

virginum precibus et fletu excitati,

id. B. C. 2, 4, 3:

cum ille erumpit fletus,

Quint. 6, 2, 7: fletibus [p. 759] natos, laetitia defunctos prosequi, id. 5, 11, 38:

nullis ille movetur fletibus,

Verg. A. 4, 439.—

Transf., concr., = lacrimae, tears:

fletu super ora refuso,

Ov. M. 11, 658; so ib. 673.

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.

lăcrĭmābĭlis ( lacrŭm-), e, adj. [lacrima].

Worthy of tears, lamentable, mournful ( poet. and post-class.):

vixque tenet lacrimas, quia nil lacrimabile cernit,

Ov. M. 2, 796:

gemitus,

Verg. A. 3, 39:

bellum,

id. ib. 7, 604;

opp. felix, Am. Vict. Epit. 42, 15: nomen,

Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 261.—

Tear-like:

destillatio,

Arn. 7, 233:

vox,

tearful, Vulg. Dan. 6, 20.— Comp.:

lacrimabilior series,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 17, 2: quid lacrimabilius hac stultitia, Salv. Gub. Dei, 6.— Adv.: lăcrĭmābĭlĭter, with tears, mournfully (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 140, 15.

lăcrĭmābĭlis ( lacrŭm-), e, adj. [lacrima].

Worthy of tears, lamentable, mournful ( poet. and post-class.):

vixque tenet lacrimas, quia nil lacrimabile cernit,

Ov. M. 2, 796:

gemitus,

Verg. A. 3, 39:

bellum,

id. ib. 7, 604;

opp. felix, Am. Vict. Epit. 42, 15: nomen,

Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 261.—

Tear-like:

destillatio,

Arn. 7, 233:

vox,

tearful, Vulg. Dan. 6, 20.— Comp.:

lacrimabilior series,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 17, 2: quid lacrimabilius hac stultitia, Salv. Gub. Dei, 6.— Adv.: lăcrĭmābĭlĭter, with tears, mournfully (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 140, 15.

lăcrĭmābĭlis ( lacrŭm-), e, adj. [lacrima].

Worthy of tears, lamentable, mournful ( poet. and post-class.):

vixque tenet lacrimas, quia nil lacrimabile cernit,

Ov. M. 2, 796:

gemitus,

Verg. A. 3, 39:

bellum,

id. ib. 7, 604;

opp. felix, Am. Vict. Epit. 42, 15: nomen,

Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 261.—

Tear-like:

destillatio,

Arn. 7, 233:

vox,

tearful, Vulg. Dan. 6, 20.— Comp.:

lacrimabilior series,

Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 17, 2: quid lacrimabilius hac stultitia, Salv. Gub. Dei, 6.— Adv.: lăcrĭmābĭlĭter, with tears, mournfully (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 140, 15.