flēbĭlis — Lewis & Short
flēbĭlis, e, adj.fleo.
I Pass., to be wept over, to be lamented, lamentable (class.):
ponite ante oculos miseram illam et flebilem speciem,Cic. Phil. 11, 3, 7:
o flebiles vigilias!id. Planc. 42, 101:
Hector,Ov. Am. 2, 1, 32:
Ino,Hor. A. P. 123:
flebile principium melior fortuna secuta est,Ov. M. 7, 518.—With dat. pers.:
multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, Nulli flebilior, quam tibi, Vergili,Hor. C. 1, 24, 9.—
II Act.
A That makes or causes to weep, that brings tears (poet. and rare): cepe, Lucil. ap. Non. 201, 2:
ultor,Ov. H. 13, 48:
flebile dictu,Sil. 9, 502.—
B Weeping, tearful, doleful (class.): gemitus elamentabilis;
imbecillus, abjectus, flebilis,Cic. Tusc. 2, 24, 57:
maeror (est) aegritudo flebilis,id. ib. 4, 8, 18; cf.:
affectus vel concitati vel flebiles,Quint. 11, 3, 162:
vox,id. ib. 64:
elegia,Ov. Am. 3, 9, 3:
modi,Hor. C. 2, 9, 9:
suavitas,Quint. 11, 3, 170:
spargebat tepidos flebilis imbre sinus,Ov. Am. 3, 6, 68:
sponsa,Hor. C. 4, 2, 21:
matrona,App. M. 6, p. 125, 2 Elm.—In neut.:
flebile, adverbially: exclusus flebile cantet amans,dolefully, plaintively, sadly, Ov. R. Am. 36:
gavisae,Stat. Th. 12, 426; Sil. 7, 648.—Hence, adv.: flēbĭlĭter (acc. to II. B.), mournfully, dolefully:
vide, quam non flebiliter respondeat,Cic. Tusc. 2, 17, 39:
lamentari,id. ib. 2, 21, 49:
canere,id. ib. 1, 35, 85:
gemere,Hor. C. 4, 12, 5.—Comp.:
daemones flebilius ululant,Paul. Nol. Carm. 20, 57.