weep Copy link Outline 1. lăcrĭmo, 1 (to shed tears, as the consequence of emotion, whether it be joy or sorrow)2. lăcrĭmor, 1, dep. (distinguished by Georg. as meaning, to be moved to tears; the distinction in sense seems doubtful)3. fleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to shed tears with sobs, to w. from grief)4. plōro, 1 (to w. and wail aloud)5. lāmentor, 1 (of continued bitter w.ing)6. ējŭlo (to weep or wail as at a funeral)7. dēfleo, ēvi, ētum. 2 (to w. over)8. dēplōro, 1 (strengthened from ploro)9. illacrĭmo and -or, 1 (to w. at or over) • weep: 1. lăcrĭmo, 1 (to shed tears, as the consequence of emotion, whether it be joy or sorrow): I was distressed at your w.ing, te lacrimasse moleste ferebam, Cic. Att. 15, 27, 2: I w. for joy, lacrimo gaudio, Ter. Ad. 3, 3, 55: with w.ing eyes, oculis lacrimantibus, Cic. Sest. 69, 144: is the girl w.ing for that? num id lacrimat virgo? Ter. Eun. 5, 1, 13 (this use is rare). 2. lăcrĭmor, 1, dep. (distinguished by Georg. as meaning, to be moved to tears; the distinction in sense seems doubtful): was there any one who did not w.? ecquis erat quin lacrimaretur? Cic. Verr. 5, 46, 121. 3. fleo, ēvi, ētum, 2 (to shed tears with sobs, to w. from grief): he forbad me to w., ille me flere prohibebat, Cic. Rep. 6, 14: you would have forced the stones to w. and lament, lapides flere et lamentari coegisses, Cic. de Or. 1. 57, 245: a mother w.s for her only son, flet unicum mater, Cat. 39, 5: to w. for the death of a son, filii necem f, Tac. A. 6, 10. 4. plōro, 1 (to w. and wail aloud): I am weary with w.ing, plorando fessus sum, Cic. Att. 15, 9, 1: to w. over a crime, plorare commissum, Hor. Od. 3, 27, 38. 5. lāmentor, 1 (of continued bitter w.ing): to w. sorrowfully, flebiliter lamentari, Cic. Tusc. 2, 21, 49: I saw her w.ing for her mother's death, vidi eam matrem l. mortuam, Ter. Ph. 1, 2, 46. 6. ējŭlo (to weep or wail as at a funeral): Hercules himself he had seen w.ing in the greatness of his sufferings, Herculem ipsum viderat magnitudine dolorum ejulantem, Cic. Tusc. 2, 7, 19. 7. dēfleo, ēvi, ētum. 2 (to w. over): we wept over impending misfortunes, impendentes casus deflevimus, Cic. Brut. 96, 329. 8. dēplōro, 1 (strengthened from ploro): w.ing with mournful voice, lamentabili voce deplorans, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13, 32. 9. illacrĭmo and -or, 1 (to w. at or over): to w. over the death of Socrates, illacrimari morti Socratis, Cic. N. D. 3, 33, 82. Phr.: to weep one's eyes out, lacrimis confici: to w. copiously, lacrimarum vim profundere, Cic.: w. no more, desine flere: to make any one w., lacrimas alicui movere, elicere, Cic.: Pl.: the man for joy w.s like a child, homini cadunt lacrimae, quasi puero, gaudio, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20.