I.v. the letter D), ae, 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.
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.
