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.
WEEP Copy link • WEEPIntransitively, lacrimare: lacrimas fundere (= δακρύειν, to shed tears as the physical consequence of a mental emotion, whether joyful or sorrowful. ☞ The deponent lacrimari = “to be moved to tears”): plorare (= θρηνεῖν, to express grief passionately, to wail and cry): flere (= κλαίειν, to shed tears with sobs, not with such loud expressions of grief as the plorans): ejulara (to wail): vagire (to cry as young children): lamentari (of long-continued weeping and wailing). I cannot help weeping, I cannot but weep, nequeo, quin lacrimem; lacrimas tenere non possum: with weeping eyes, oculis lacrimantibus; lacrimans: don’t weep, ne lacrima; ne plora: to be tired of weeping, lacrimando fessum esse: to make anybody weep, lacrimas or fletum alicui movere; lacrimas alicui elicere or excutere; aliquem ad fletum adducere; aliquem plorantem facere: to weep bitterly, uberius flere; lacrimarum vim profundere: to weep one’s eyes out, lacrimis confici totos efflere oculos (Quint., Decl., 6, 4): to cease weeping, lacrimas sistere; fletum reprimere (to stop one’s tears, Cic., Rep., 4, 15, 15; Ov., Fast., 6, 154): to weep for joy, lacrimare or effundere lacrimas gaudio; illacrimare gaudio (Liv.): he is weeping for joy like a child, homini cadunt lacrimae, quasi puero, gaudio (Terentianus). Transitively. To weep for, lacrimare aliquid: flere de aliqua re (flere aliquid only poetical), deplorare aliquem or aliquid, or de aliqua re: deflere aliquid: to weep over or for, illacrimari alicui rei (Cic.; e.g., morti Socratis; errori; malis): illacrimare alicui rei (Liv.): to weep for anybody’s misfortunes, etc., lacrimare casum alicujus: to weep over one’s fate, deplorare casus suos; also, deplorare se: to weep for the living as well as the dead, complorare omnes pariter vivos mortuosque (☞ Liv., 2, 40): no man weeps at his death, mors alicujus caret lacrimis.