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δακρύω

dakruo

weep, shed tears

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Where it lives

Apology 2 · 10/10k
Ion 2 · 4.99/10k
Michaeas 1 · 4.39/10k
Trojan Women 3 · 4.24/10k
Machabaeourum III 2 · 3.98/10k
Electra 3 · 3.46/10k
Iphigenia in Aulis 3 · 3.36/10k
Oedipus at Colonus 3 · 2.9/10k
Agamemnon 2 · 2.47/10k
Philoctetes 2 · 2.27/10k
Oedipus Tyrannus 2 · 2.16/10k
Phoenissae 2 · 2.07/10k

Densest 12 of 41 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant — LSJ

I weep, shed tears, with tears, to flood, with tears, to be in tears, in tears

intr., weep, shed tears, Od. l.c., etc.: c. acc. cogn., δ. γόους to lament with tears, S. Aj. 580: c. gen. causae, δ. συμφορᾶς E. HF 528 (dub. l.); δ. βλέφαρα to flood them with tears, Id. Hel. 948; δ. χαρᾷ X. HG 7.2.9; ἐπὶ ταῖς συμφοραῖς Isoc. 4.168:— Pass., pf. δεδάκρυμαι to be in tears, τίπτε δεδάκρυσαι, Πατρόκλεες; Il. 16.7; δεδάκρυνται δὲ παρειαί 22.491; δεδακρυμένος in tears, Pl. Ax. 364b, Plu. Publ. 6, etc.

2 run

of the eyes, run, Arist. HA 620a5.

3 exude gum

of trees, exude gum, Thphr. Fr. 121; ἤλεκτρον δακρύειν Luc. Salt. 55.

II weep for, to be wept for

c. acc., weep for, τινά A. Ag. 1490 (lyr.), S. OT 1486, Ar. Ach. 1027, etc.:—Pass., to be wept for, συμφορὰ δακρύεται E. Hel. 1226 (prob. Med. in A. Th. 815).

In the wild

δακρύσω · dakrysō Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1489–1490
δακρύσω · dakrysō Aeschylus, Agamemnon 1513–1514
δακρύω · dakryō Aeschylus, Libation Bearers 82–83
δακρύεσθαι · dakryesthai Aeschylus, Seven Against Thebes 814
ἐδάκρυσεν · edakrysen Aristotle, Ars Poetica 16
ἐδάκρυσεν · edakrysen Aristotle, Rhetoric 2

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Where it came from

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