lacrimula

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Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of lacrima.

Pronunciation

Noun

lacrimula f (genitive lacrimulae); first declension

  1. a little tear (drop of liquid from crying)
  2. (figuratively) a crocodile tear

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative lacrimula lacrimulae
genitive lacrimulae lacrimulārum
dative lacrimulae lacrimulīs
accusative lacrimulam lacrimulās
ablative lacrimulā lacrimulīs
vocative lacrimula lacrimulae

References

  • “lacrimula”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “lacrimula”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lacrimula in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • crocodiles' tears: lacrimula (Planc. 31. 76)
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