collacrimare

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Italian

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin collacrimāre (to weep with others), derived from lacrimō (to weep).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kol.la.kriˈma.re/
  • Rhymes: -are
  • Hyphenation: col‧la‧cri‧mà‧re

Verb

collacrimàre (first-person singular present collàcrimo, first-person singular past historic collacrimài, past participle collacrimàto, auxiliary avére) (archaic, rare, literary)

  1. (intransitive) to weep or cry together
    • 1504, Jacopo Sannazaro, Arcadia, Milan: Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, published 1806, page 200:
      Dunque, amici pastor, ciascun consacrime
      Versi di sol dolor, lamenti, e ritimi;
      E chi altro non può, meco collacrime
      So, shepherd friends, offer me only verses of sorrow, cries, and rhythms; and who cannot do anything else, cry together with me.
  2. (transitive) to feel sorry for (someone)
    Synonym: compiangere

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Further reading

  • collacrimare in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication