1. lā^crĭma — Lewis & Short
lā^crĭma (archaic lacrŭma, not lacrўma, lachryma; old form dacrĭma, freq. in Livius Andronicus, acc. to Paul. ex
Fest. p. 68 Müll.;I v. the letter D), ae, f. dacru-ma, kindred with Gr. da/kru; Sanscr. asru for dasru; Goth. tah-ja; Engl. tear; Germ. Zaehre; cf. the Sanscr. root dans and Gr. da/k-nw, to bite, a tear.
I Lit.: meae in quem lacrumae guttatim cadunt, Enn. ap. Non. 116, 1 (Trag. v. 238 Vahl.):
miserae,id. ib. (Trag. v. 168 id.):
lacrimas effundere,Lucr. 1, 125:
cito arescit lacrima, praesertim in alienis malis,Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57:
lacrimas dare ignoto,to shed a tear, to weep for, Ov. M. 11, 720:
lacrumas mi haec, quom video, eliciunt, quia, etc.,Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 13:
ut mi excivisti lacrumas,id. Cist. 1, 1, 113:
homini lacrumae cadunt quasi puero gaudio,tears fall from his eyes for joy, he sheds tears of joy, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20:
lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes,her brilliant eyes moistened with tears, Verg. A. 1, 228:
neque prae lacrimis jam loqui possum,cannot speak for tears, Cic. Mil. 38, 105; cf. id. Planc. 41, 99:
lacrimas non tenere,not withhold tears, not restrain them, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67, § 172:
tradere se lacrimis et tristitiae,id. Fam. 5, 14:
lacrimis confici,id. ib. 14, 4:
multis cum lacrimis obsecrare,Caes. B. G. 1, 20:
manantibus prae gaudio lacrimis,shedding tears of joy, Curt. 7, 8, 5:
lacrimis semper paratis,Juv. 6, 273:
lacrumae confictae dolis,Ter. And. 3, 3, 26:
diu cohibitae lacrimae prorumpunt,tears long restrained break forth, Plin. Ep. 3, 16:
fatiscere in lacrimas,to dissolve in tears, Val. Fl. 3, 395:
lacrumis opplet os totum sibi,Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 65:
lacrimas effundere,to shed, Lucr. 1, 126; Cic. Planc. 42, 101:
profundere,id. Font. 17, 38:
fundere,Vulg. Jud. 14, 16:
mittere,to let flow, Sen. Ep. 76, 20;
but lacrimas mitte,away with tears, Ter. Ad. 3, 2, 27:
lacrimae siccentur protinus,Juv. 16, 27:
dare,Verg. A. 4, 370:
ciere,to cause to flow, id. ib. 6, 468:
movere,Quint. 4, 2, 77:
commovere,Curt. 5, 5, 7:
cohibere,Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5:
per lacrimas effundere bilem,Juv. 5, 159:
ciere,Verg. A. 6, 468:
lacrumas excussit mihi,forced from me, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115:
quis talia fando temperet a lacrimis,Verg. A. 2, 6:
abstersis lacrimis,Curt. 5, 5, 8:
absterget Deus omnem lacrymam ab oculis,Vulg. Apoc. 7, 17.—Prov.:
hinc illae lacrumae,Ter. And. 1, 1, 99; imitated by Cic. Cael. 25, 61, and Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 41; cf.:
inde irae et lacrimae,Juv. 1, 168.—
II Transf., a tear or gum-drop which exudes from plants:
narcissi,Verg. G. 4, 160:
arborum,Plin. 11, 6, 5, § 14; 21, 5, 11, § 24;
vitium,id. 23 praef. 3, § 3; Col. 10, 103.