adjectivethird-declension two-termination adjective
lacrimābilis
lacrimābilis (neuter lacrimābile, adverb lacrimābiliter)
Classical[ɫa.krɪˈmaː.bɪ.lɪs]Ecclesiastical[la.kriˈmaː.bi.lis]
Meaning
- two terminationlamentable; worthy of tears
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacrimābilis | lacrimābilis | lacrimābile |
| genitive | lacrimābilis | lacrimābilis | lacrimābilis |
| dative | lacrimābilī | lacrimābilī | lacrimābilī |
| accusative | lacrimābilem | lacrimābilem | lacrimābile |
| ablative | lacrimābilī | lacrimābilī | lacrimābilī |
| vocative | lacrimābilis | lacrimābilis | lacrimābile |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacrimābilēs | lacrimābilēs | lacrimābilia |
| genitive | lacrimābilium | lacrimābilium | lacrimābilium |
| dative | lacrimābilibus | lacrimābilibus | lacrimābilibus |
| accusative | lacrimābilīs lacrimābilēs | lacrimābilīs lacrimābilēs | lacrimābilia |
| ablative | lacrimābilibus | lacrimābilibus | lacrimābilibus |
| vocative | lacrimābilēs | lacrimābilēs | lacrimābilia |
lăcrĭmābĭlis (lacrŭm-), e, adj. lacrima.
I. Worthy of tears, lamentable, mournful (poet. and post-class.):
vixque tenet lacrimas, quia nil lacrimabile cernit, Ov. M. 2, 796: gemitus, Verg. A. 3, 39: bellum, id. ib. 7, 604; opp. felix, Am. Vict. Epit. 42, 15: nomen, Claud. I. Cons. Stil. 2, 261.— II. Tear-like:
destillatio, Arn. 7, 233: vox, tearful, Vulg. Dan. 6, 20.—Comp.: lacrimabilior series, Ambros. in Psa. 118, Serm. 17, 2: quid lacrimabilius hac stultitia, Salv. Gub. Dei, 6.—Adv.: lăcrĭmābĭlĭter, with tears, mournfully (late Lat.), Hier. Ep. 140, 15.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lacrimābilis e, adj.
lacrima, worthy of tears, lamentable, moving, mournful : nil lacrimabile cernit, O.: gemitus, V.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin lacrimō Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Italic *-ðlom Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin lacrimābilis From lacrimō (“weep”) + -bilis.