adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
lacrimōsus
lacrimōsus (feminine lacrimōsa, neuter lacrimōsum, adverb lacrimōsē)
Classical[ɫa.krɪˈmoː.sʊs]Ecclesiastical[la.kriˈmɔː.s̬us]
Meaning
- adjectiveweeping, full of tears
Stabat mater dolorosa Iuxta crucem lacrimosa,
The Mother stood sorrowful By the cross, weeping, While the Son was hanging.13th century, Stabat Mater, stanza 1 - adjectivelamentable, causing weeping
Lacrimosa dies illa, Qua resurget ex favilla, Iudicandus homo reus.
Tearful [will be] that day, on which from the glowing embers will arise the guilty man who is to be judged. Then spare him, O God.From the Dies irae sequence (stanza 18) of the Catholic Requiem mass
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacrimōsus | lacrimōsa | lacrimōsum |
| genitive | lacrimōsī | lacrimōsae | lacrimōsī |
| dative | lacrimōsō | lacrimōsae | lacrimōsō |
| accusative | lacrimōsum | lacrimōsam | lacrimōsum |
| ablative | lacrimōsō | lacrimōsā | lacrimōsō |
| vocative | lacrimōse | lacrimōsa | lacrimōsum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacrimōsī | lacrimōsae | lacrimōsa |
| genitive | lacrimōsōrum | lacrimōsārum | lacrimōsōrum |
| dative | lacrimōsīs | lacrimōsīs | lacrimōsīs |
| accusative | lacrimōsōs | lacrimōsās | lacrimōsa |
| ablative | lacrimōsīs | lacrimōsīs | lacrimōsīs |
| vocative | lacrimōsī | lacrimōsae | lacrimōsa |
lăcrĭmōsus (lacrŭm-, lacrўm-), a, um, adj. lacrima,
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.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
lacrimōsus adj.
lacrima, full of tears, tearful, weeping : lumina vino (i. e. oculi), O.— Causing tears, moving to tears, lamentable, doleful : fumus, H., O.: Troiae funera, H.: poëmata, H.: voces, plaintive , V.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *h₃ed- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *h₃édosder.? Proto-Italic *-ŏ̄dsos? Old Latin -ōssus Latin -ōsus Latin lacrimōsus From lacrima + -ōsus.
Descendants
- Englishlachrymose
- Italianlacrimoso
- Portugueselacrimoso
- Romanianlăcrimos
- Romanianlăcrămos
- Spanishlacrimoso
- Spanishlagrimoso
- Aromanianlãcrimos
- Aromanianlãcãrmos
- Aromanianlãcrãmos