LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

lacrimula

lacrimula f (genitive lacrimulae)
Classical[ɫaˈkrɪ.mʊ.ɫa]Ecclesiastical[laˈkriː.mu.la]

Meaning

  1. femininea little tear (drop of liquid from crying)
  2. femininefigurativelya crocodile tear

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativelacrimulalacrimulae
genitivelacrimulaelacrimulārum
dativelacrimulaelacrimulīs
accusativelacrimulamlacrimulās
ablativelacrimulālacrimulīs
vocativelacrimulalacrimulae

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

lacrimula (Planc. 31. 76)
crocodiles' tears.

lăcrĭmŭla (-mŏla), ae, f. dim. id.,
I. a little tear, crocodile-tear (rare but class.): haec verba una me hercule falsa lacrimola, Quam oculos terendo misere vix vi expresserit, Restinguet, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 22: non modo lacrimulam, sed multas lacrimas videre potuisti, Cic. Planc. 31, 76: frustrantur falsis gaudia lacrimulis, Cat. 66, 16.

Origins

Diminutive of lacrima.

Quick answers

What does lacrimula mean in Latin?
lacrimula, a noun, means “a little tear (drop of liquid from crying); a crocodile tear”.
What is the genitive of lacrimula?
The genitive singular is lacrimulae. lacrimula is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce lacrimula?
In classical Latin, [ɫaˈkrɪ.mʊ.ɫa]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [laˈkriː.mu.la].