to weep at

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.

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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.

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* * *

to lamen, weep, weep over.

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).

illăcrĭmo ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and illăcrĭmor ( inl-), ātus, 1, v. dep. [in-lacrimo], to weep at or over a thing, to bewail, lament (not freq. till after the Aug. period).

Lit.

With dat.:

quid dicam de Socrate? cujus morti illacrimari soleo Platonem legens?

Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82: perge, aude, nate;

illacrima patris pestibus, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: casu (i. e. casui),

Nep. Alc. 6, 4: qui meo infelici errori unus illacrimasti, Liv. 40, 56, 6; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 6; Suet. Vesp. 15.—

With acc.:

ejusque mortem illacrimatum Alexandrum,

Just. 11, 12, 6.—

With quod, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13. —

Absol.;

qui (Milo) aspexisse lacertos suos dicitur illacrimansque dixisse, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 27; Suet. Aug. 66:

sparge, et si paulum potes, illacrimare,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 103:

illacrimasse dicitur gaudio,

Liv. 25, 24, 11; Cels. 2, 6, 6.—

Poet. transf., of things, to weep, i. e. to drip, drop, distil:

et maestum illacrimat templis ebur aeraque sudant,

Verg. G. 1, 480; Col. poët. 10, 25; cf.:

oculi lumen refugiunt et illacrimant,

Cels. 2, 6, 6.

illăcrĭmo ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and illăcrĭmor ( inl-), ātus, 1, v. dep. [in-lacrimo], to weep at or over a thing, to bewail, lament (not freq. till after the Aug. period).

Lit.

With dat.:

quid dicam de Socrate? cujus morti illacrimari soleo Platonem legens?

Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82: perge, aude, nate;

illacrima patris pestibus, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: casu (i. e. casui),

Nep. Alc. 6, 4: qui meo infelici errori unus illacrimasti, Liv. 40, 56, 6; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 6; Suet. Vesp. 15.—

With acc.:

ejusque mortem illacrimatum Alexandrum,

Just. 11, 12, 6.—

With quod, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13. —

Absol.;

qui (Milo) aspexisse lacertos suos dicitur illacrimansque dixisse, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 27; Suet. Aug. 66:

sparge, et si paulum potes, illacrimare,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 103:

illacrimasse dicitur gaudio,

Liv. 25, 24, 11; Cels. 2, 6, 6.—

Poet. transf., of things, to weep, i. e. to drip, drop, distil:

et maestum illacrimat templis ebur aeraque sudant,

Verg. G. 1, 480; Col. poët. 10, 25; cf.:

oculi lumen refugiunt et illacrimant,

Cels. 2, 6, 6.

illăcrĭmo ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and illăcrĭmor ( inl-), ātus, 1, v. dep. [in-lacrimo], to weep at or over a thing, to bewail, lament (not freq. till after the Aug. period).

Lit.

With dat.:

quid dicam de Socrate? cujus morti illacrimari soleo Platonem legens?

Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82: perge, aude, nate;

illacrima patris pestibus, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: casu (i. e. casui),

Nep. Alc. 6, 4: qui meo infelici errori unus illacrimasti, Liv. 40, 56, 6; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 6; Suet. Vesp. 15.—

With acc.:

ejusque mortem illacrimatum Alexandrum,

Just. 11, 12, 6.—

With quod, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13. —

Absol.;

qui (Milo) aspexisse lacertos suos dicitur illacrimansque dixisse, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 27; Suet. Aug. 66:

sparge, et si paulum potes, illacrimare,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 103:

illacrimasse dicitur gaudio,

Liv. 25, 24, 11; Cels. 2, 6, 6.—

Poet. transf., of things, to weep, i. e. to drip, drop, distil:

et maestum illacrimat templis ebur aeraque sudant,

Verg. G. 1, 480; Col. poët. 10, 25; cf.:

oculi lumen refugiunt et illacrimant,

Cels. 2, 6, 6.

illăcrĭmo ( inl-), āvi, ātum, 1, v. n., and illăcrĭmor ( inl-), ātus, 1, v. dep. [in-lacrimo], to weep at or over a thing, to bewail, lament (not freq. till after the Aug. period).

Lit.

With dat.:

quid dicam de Socrate? cujus morti illacrimari soleo Platonem legens?

Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82: perge, aude, nate;

illacrima patris pestibus, id. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: casu (i. e. casui),

Nep. Alc. 6, 4: qui meo infelici errori unus illacrimasti, Liv. 40, 56, 6; Ov. Tr. 5, 8, 6; Suet. Vesp. 15.—

With acc.:

ejusque mortem illacrimatum Alexandrum,

Just. 11, 12, 6.—

With quod, Plin. Ep. 3, 7, 13. —

Absol.;

qui (Milo) aspexisse lacertos suos dicitur illacrimansque dixisse, etc.,

Cic. de Sen. 9, 27; Suet. Aug. 66:

sparge, et si paulum potes, illacrimare,

Hor. S. 2, 5, 103:

illacrimasse dicitur gaudio,

Liv. 25, 24, 11; Cels. 2, 6, 6.—

Poet. transf., of things, to weep, i. e. to drip, drop, distil:

et maestum illacrimat templis ebur aeraque sudant,

Verg. G. 1, 480; Col. poët. 10, 25; cf.:

oculi lumen refugiunt et illacrimant,

Cels. 2, 6, 6.

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.