lacrimatio Latin · revision 10156

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Pliny the Elder|origins=la lacrima}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ɫa.krɪˈmaː.ti.oː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [la.kriˈmat.t͡si.o]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''lacrimātiō''' ''f'' (genitive lacrimātiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''lacrumātiō''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|lacrimō|-tiō|t1=to weep]], from [[lacrima]] “tear”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Köbler's earliest source is Pliny, and the OLD, Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite him.^(Köbler 2010)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Pliny 23/24–79 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant in medicine the watering of the eyes, lachrymation, as a disease in Pliny, and in the Vulgate weeping.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it means weeping.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for the shedding of tears.^(DMLBS) English ''lachrymation'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 23/24–79 AD – Pliny uses it of watering eyes.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 390–406 AD – The Vulgate uses it of weeping.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # ''(medicine)'' Watering of the eyes, [[m|en|lachrymation]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # [[m|en|weeping|alt=Weeping]].^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[lacrimō]]

+ * [[lacrima]]

+ * [[lacrimōsus]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}