lācrĭma | lacrŭma, ae | dacrĭma (noun F) : (archaic , , lachryma; old form , freq. in Livius Andronicus, acc. to Paul. ex Fest. p. 68 Müll.;
* V. the letter D), , f.dacru-ma, kindred with Gr. δάκρυ; Sanscr. asru for dasru; Goth. tah-ja; Engl. tear; Germ. Zaehre; cf. the Sanscr. root dans and Gr. δάκ-νω, to bite, a tear.
* 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.
* 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.

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