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