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* dē-lā̆crĭmo (lacrumo), āre, v. n., to shed tears, to weep; transf., of the vine, Col. 4, 9 fin.

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.).

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

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

  1. I. Lit.: lumina (i. e. oculi), Ov. M. 1, 8, 111: oculi, Plin. 38, 6, 17, § 34.
  2. II. 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.
    1. B. 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.: lăcrĭmō-sē, with tears (post-class.), Gell. 10, 3, 4.