Lewis & Short

plōrātus, ūs, m. [ploro], a wailing, weeping, lamenting.

  1. I. Lit.: virginalem ploratum edere, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: ploratum infantis cohibere, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29: vox ploratūs, Vulg. Matt. 2, 18.
    In plur.: omnia mulierum ploratibus sonant, Liv. 29, 17.
  2. II. Transf., of the weeping or bleeding of a tree, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116.