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lacrimula
lacrimula
Latin
Noun
lacrimula f (genitive lacrimulae); first declension
- a little tear (drop of liquid from crying)
- (figuratively) a crocodile tear
Inflection
First declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lacrimula | lacrimulae |
| genitive | lacrimulae | lacrimulārum |
| dative | lacrimulae | lacrimulīs |
| accusative | lacrimulam | lacrimulās |
| ablative | lacrimulā | lacrimulīs |
| vocative | lacrimula | lacrimulae |
Related terms
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “lacrimula”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- crocodiles' tears: lacrimula (Planc. 31. 76)
- crocodiles' tears: lacrimula (Planc. 31. 76)