lacrimatio

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ɫa.krɪˈmaː.ti.oː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [la.kriˈmat.t͡si.o]^[1]

Forms

lacrimātiō f (genitive lacrimātiōnis); third declension^[1] Also spelled lacrumātiō.^[2]

Etymology

It is from Latin lacrimō (“to weep”) + -tiō, from lacrima “tear”.^[3][1][4]

Earliest recorded meaning

Köbler's earliest source is Pliny, and the OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite him.^[4][2][5] Köbler dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^[4]

Semantic evolution

It meant in medicine the watering of the eyes, lachrymation, as a disease in Pliny, and in the Vulgate weeping.^[3][2][5]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it means weeping.^[6] British Medieval Latin used it for the shedding of tears.^[7] English lachrymation is from it.^[1]

Timeline

• 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of watering eyes.^[3][4]
• 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of weeping.^[5][4]

Meanings

Noun

1. (medicine) Watering of the eyes, lachrymation.^[3][2]
2. Weeping.^[5][6]

Related words

• lacrimō
• lacrima
• lacrimōsus

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
3. ^ a b c d Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
4. ^ a b c d e Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ a b c d Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
6. ^ a b Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson
7. ^ Latham, R. E., D. R. Howlett, R. K. Ashdowne, et al. (1975–2013), Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, London: British Academy / Oxford University Press