lacrimosus

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From lacrima +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

lacrimōsus (feminine lacrimōsa, neuter lacrimōsum, adverb lacrimōsē); first/second-declension adjective

  1. weeping, full of tears
  2. lamentable, causing weeping
    • From the Dies irae sequence (stanza 18) of the Catholic Requiem mass:
      Lacrimosa dies illa,
      Qua resurget ex favilla,
      Iudicandus homo reus.
      Huic ergo parce, Deus.
      Tearful [will be] that day,
      on which from the glowing embers will arise
      the guilty man who is to be judged.
      Then spare him, O God.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative lacrimōsus lacrimōsa lacrimōsum lacrimōsī lacrimōsae lacrimōsa
Genitive lacrimōsī lacrimōsae lacrimōsī lacrimōsōrum lacrimōsārum lacrimōsōrum
Dative lacrimōsō lacrimōsō lacrimōsīs
Accusative lacrimōsum lacrimōsam lacrimōsum lacrimōsōs lacrimōsās lacrimōsa
Ablative lacrimōsō lacrimōsā lacrimōsō lacrimōsīs
Vocative lacrimōse lacrimōsa lacrimōsum lacrimōsī lacrimōsae lacrimōsa

Descendants

  • Aromanian: lãcãrmos
  • English: lachrymose
  • Friulian: lagrimôs
  • Italian: lacrimoso

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References

  • lacrimosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • lacrimosus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • lacrimosus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.