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Latin
Etymology
From lacrima + -ōsus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
lacrimōsus (feminine lacrimōsa, neuter lacrimōsum, adverb lacrimōsē); first/second-declension adjective
- weeping, full of tears
- 13th century, Stabat Mater, stanza 1:
Stabat mater dolorosa
Iuxta crucem lacrimosa,
Dum pendebat filius.- The Mother stood sorrowful
By the cross, weeping,
While the Son was hanging.
- lamentable, causing weeping
- From the Dies irae sequence (stanza 18) of the Catholic Requiem mass:
Lacrimosa dies illa,
Qua resurget ex favilla,
Iudicandus homo reus.
Huic ergo parce, Deus.- Tearful that day,
on which from the glowing embers will arise
the guilty man who is to be judged.
Then spare him, O God.
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
Descendants
References
- “lacrimosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “lacrimosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lacrimosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.