that which is wept for, a subject for tears
that which is wept for, a subject for tears, Orac. ap. Hdt. 7.169.
II tear
tear, A. Pers. 134 (lyr.), E. Andr. 92 (pl.).
The corpus record
δάκρ-ῡμα
dakruma · τό
that which is wept for, a subject for tears
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Where it lives
- Persians 1 · 1.96/10k
- Histories 1 · 0.05/10k
What it meant — LSJ
In the wild
- δακρύμασιν · dakrymasin Aeschylus, Persians 133–134
- δακρύματα · dakrymata Herodotus, Histories 7.169.2 (DIORISIS sentence 8047)
Where it came from
No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.