1. s. lacrima. Tears, lacrimae, plur., fletus, -ūs. With tears (in the eyes), lacrimans; oculis lacrimantibus; illacrimans; flens: a flood of tears, magna vis lacrimarum: with a flood of tears, cum or non sine multis lacrimis; magno (cum) fletu: to shed tears, lacrimas effundere or profundere; lacrimare; flere (☞ lacrimari means “to be moved to tears”): I shed tears of joy, gaudio lacrimo or lacrimas effundo; gaudio lacrimae mihi cadunt or manant: to refrain from tears, cohibere lacrimas; fletum reprimere, lacrimas sistere (to suppress tears): not to be able to refrain from tears, lacrimas tenere non posse: tears come, lacrimae oboriuntur; flow, manant; burst forth, prorumpunt or erumpunt; fletus erumpit: to yield or give way to tears, tradere se lacrimis; lacrimis indulgere (Ov., Met., 9, 142): to shed a flood of tears, vim lacrimarum profundere: to bedew or moisten with tears, aliquid lacrimis opplere (☞ lacrimis lavare aliquid is found only in the comedians): to draw forth or excite tears, lacrimas concitare or excitare: to move anybody to tears, lacrimas or fletum alicui movere: to wipe away tears, abstergere alicui fletum (Vid: Cic., Phil., 13, 14, 34): a tear soon dries, lacrima cito arescit; nihil facilius quam lacrima inarescit or lacrimae inarescunt.