I.a wailing, weeping, lamenting.
I. Lit.: “virginalem ploratum edere, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: ploratum infantis cohibere,” Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29: “vox ploratūs,” Vulg. Matt. 2, 18.—In plur.: “omnia mulierum ploratibus sonant,” Liv. 29, 17.—
II. Transf., of the weeping or bleeding of a tree, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116.