I.full of tears, tearful, weeping (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
II. That excites to tears, lamentable, doleful: “fumus,” Ov. M. 10, 6; Hor. S. 1, 5, 80; cf.: “caepis odor lacrimosus,” Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101: “Trojae funera,” Hor. C. 1, 8, 14: “bellum,” id. ib. 1, 21, 13: “carmen,” plaintive, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 35: “poëmata,” Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67.—
B. Transf., weeping, dropping, exuding.—Act., of plants: “vites,” Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 261.—Pass., of the sap: “lacrimosum electrum,” Verg. Cir. 434; cf. Ov. M. 2, 364.—Hence, adv.: lăcrĭmō-sē , with tears (post-class.), Gell. 10, 3, 4.