lacrimula

Latin

Etymology

Diminutive of lacrima.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /laˈkri.mu.la/, [ɫ̪äˈkrɪmʊɫ̪ä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /laˈkri.mu.la/, [läˈkriːmulä]

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

Related terms

• lacrima
• lacrimābilis
• lacrimābundus
• lacrimātiō
• lacrimō
• lacrimor
• lacrimōsē
• lacrimōsus

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • crocodiles' tears: lacrimula (Planc. 31. 76)