tear
tear
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰταρρηγνύναι, σπᾰράσσειν (Plat.), Ar. and V. διασπᾶσθαι, κᾰταξαίνειν (also Xen.), διασπᾰράσσειν, V. σπᾶν, ῥηγνύναι. (rare P. uncompounded), κνάπτειν, ἀρτᾰμεῖν, διαρτᾰμεῖν.
Tear in pieces: V. διᾰφέρειν, Ar. and V. διᾰφορεῖν.
Drag: P. and V. ἕλκειν.
He shall not tear you from your purpose: V. οὐ . . . σε . . . παρασπάσει γνώμης (Soph. O. C. 1185).
Pluck (deprive of feathers etc.): Ar. and V. τίλλειν, Ar. ἀ̆ποτίλλειν.
Snatch: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Eur. Cycl.), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν.
Tear away: P. and V. ἀ̆ποσπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν, V. ἀ̆ποσπᾰράσσειν.
Break off: V. ἀ̆ποθραύειν.
So that they could hardly tear themselves away: P. ὥστε . . . μὴ ῥᾳδίως ἀφορμᾶσθαι (Thuc. 7.75).
Tear (one’s clothes): P. and V. ῥηγνύναι (acc.) (rare P.).
Be torn (of clothes): V. στημορρᾰγεῖν, Ar. πᾰραρρήγνυσθαι.
Tear down: P. and V. ἀ̆νασπᾶν, κᾰτασπᾶν.
Tear down the roof: Ar. τὸ τέγος κατάσκαπτε (Nub. 1488).
Snatch down: V. κᾰθαρπάζειν.
Tear (one’s hair): V. σπᾶν (acc.).
Tear off: P. and V. ἀ̆ποσπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν, V. ἀποσπᾰράσσειν, P. περιρρηγνύναι.
Snatch off: P. and V. ἀ̆φαρπάζειν.
Tear open: P. and V. ἀ̆ναρρηγνύναι; see break open.
Tear out: P. and V. ἐξέλκειν, Ar. and V. ἐκσπᾶν.
I will tear out your entrails: Ar. ἐξαρπάσομαι σου . . . τἄντερα (Eq. 708).
Tear up: P. and V. ἀ̆νασπᾶν, V. ἐξᾰνασπᾶν, ἀ̆νασπᾰράσσειν.
Uproot: P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν, V. ἐκθαμνίζειν.
Met., destroy: P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν.
Torn, tattered, adj.: P. ῥαγείς (Xen.), V. τρῡχηρός, Ar. and V. δυσπῐνής.
Mangled: V. διασπά̆ρακτος.
Torn by dogs: V. κῠνοσπά̆ρακτος.
Torn remains: V. σπᾰράγμᾰτα, τά.
Rent, broken: V. δῐχορρᾰγής, διαρρώξ.
Be torn with (emotions): use P. and V. τᾰράσσεσθαι (dat.), συντᾰράσσεσθαι (dat.).
Torn into raw pieces: Ar. ὠμοσπά̆ρακτος.
v. trans.
P. and V. κᾰταρρηγνύναι, σπᾰράσσειν (Plat.), Ar. and V. διασπᾶσθαι, κᾰταξαίνειν (also Xen.), διασπᾰράσσειν, V. σπᾶν, ῥηγνύναι. (rare P. uncompounded), κνάπτειν, ἀρτᾰμεῖν, διαρτᾰμεῖν.
Tear in pieces: V. διᾰφέρειν, Ar. and V. διᾰφορεῖν.
Drag: P. and V. ἕλκειν.
He shall not tear you from your purpose: V. οὐ . . . σε . . . παρασπάσει γνώμης (Soph. O. C. 1185).
Pluck (deprive of feathers etc.): Ar. and V. τίλλειν, Ar. ἀ̆ποτίλλειν.
Snatch: P. and V. ἁρπάζειν, ἀ̆ναρπάζειν, σῠναρπάζειν, V. κᾰθαρπάζειν, συμμάρπτειν (Eur. Cycl.), Ar. and V. μάρπτειν.
Tear away: P. and V. ἀ̆ποσπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν, V. ἀ̆ποσπᾰράσσειν.
Break off: V. ἀ̆ποθραύειν.
So that they could hardly tear themselves away: P. ὥστε . . . μὴ ῥᾳδίως ἀφορμᾶσθαι (Thuc. 7.75).
Tear (one’s clothes): P. and V. ῥηγνύναι (acc.) (rare P.).
Be torn (of clothes): V. στημορρᾰγεῖν, Ar. πᾰραρρήγνυσθαι.
Tear down: P. and V. ἀ̆νασπᾶν, κᾰτασπᾶν.
Tear down the roof: Ar. τὸ τέγος κατάσκαπτε (Nub. 1488).
Snatch down: V. κᾰθαρπάζειν.
Tear (one’s hair): V. σπᾶν (acc.).
Tear off: P. and V. ἀ̆ποσπᾶν, ἀ̆φέλκειν, V. ἀποσπᾰράσσειν, P. περιρρηγνύναι.
Snatch off: P. and V. ἀ̆φαρπάζειν.
Tear open: P. and V. ἀ̆ναρρηγνύναι; see break open.
Tear out: P. and V. ἐξέλκειν, Ar. and V. ἐκσπᾶν.
I will tear out your entrails: Ar. ἐξαρπάσομαι σου . . . τἄντερα (Eq. 708).
Tear up: P. and V. ἀ̆νασπᾶν, V. ἐξᾰνασπᾶν, ἀ̆νασπᾰράσσειν.
Uproot: P. ἐκπρεμνίζειν, V. ἐκθαμνίζειν.
Met., destroy: P. and V. κᾰθαιρεῖν.
Torn, tattered, adj.: P. ῥαγείς (Xen.), V. τρῡχηρός, Ar. and V. δυσπῐνής.
Mangled: V. διασπά̆ρακτος.
Torn by dogs: V. κῠνοσπά̆ρακτος.
Torn remains: V. σπᾰράγμᾰτα, τά.
Rent, broken: V. δῐχορρᾰγής, διαρρώξ.
Be torn with (emotions): use P. and V. τᾰράσσεσθαι (dat.), συντᾰράσσεσθαι (dat.).
Torn into raw pieces: Ar. ὠμοσπά̆ρακτος.
tear
v. intrans.
See rush.
v. intrans.
See rush.
tear
subs.
Rent: Ar. and V. λᾰκί̆ς, ἡ. P. and V. δάκρῠ, τό, δάκρυον, τό (Plat. Tim. 83d, rare P.).
Tears, weeping: Ar. and V. κλαύμᾰτα, τά, V. δακρύ̄μᾰτα, τά, or use V. πηγή, ἡ, νοτί̆ς, ἡ.
A shower of tears bedimming the eyes: V. ὀφθαλμότεγκτος πλημμῡρί̆ς, ἡ.
Shed tears, v.: P. and V. δακρύ̄ειν, κλά̄ειν (Dem. 431), V. ἐκδακρύ̄ειν, δακρυρροεῖν.
Tears of joy steal from my eyes: V. γεγηθὸς ἕρπει δάκρυον ὀμμάτων ἄπο (Soph. El. 1231).
Without a tear or a groan: V. ἄκλαυστος ἀστένακτος (Eur. Alc. 173).
Without tears: P. ἀδακρυτί.
Do your work without lamentation and tears if you be really son of mine: V. ἀστένακτος κἀδάκρυτος εἴπερ εἶ τοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς ἔρξον (Soph. Trach. 1200).
To pass no day without tears: P. μηδεμίαν ἡμέραν ἀδάκρυτος διάγειν (Isoc. 391).
subs.
Rent: Ar. and V. λᾰκί̆ς, ἡ. P. and V. δάκρῠ, τό, δάκρυον, τό (Plat. Tim. 83d, rare P.).
Tears, weeping: Ar. and V. κλαύμᾰτα, τά, V. δακρύ̄μᾰτα, τά, or use V. πηγή, ἡ, νοτί̆ς, ἡ.
A shower of tears bedimming the eyes: V. ὀφθαλμότεγκτος πλημμῡρί̆ς, ἡ.
Shed tears, v.: P. and V. δακρύ̄ειν, κλά̄ειν (Dem. 431), V. ἐκδακρύ̄ειν, δακρυρροεῖν.
Tears of joy steal from my eyes: V. γεγηθὸς ἕρπει δάκρυον ὀμμάτων ἄπο (Soph. El. 1231).
Without a tear or a groan: V. ἄκλαυστος ἀστένακτος (Eur. Alc. 173).
Without tears: P. ἀδακρυτί.
Do your work without lamentation and tears if you be really son of mine: V. ἀστένακτος κἀδάκρυτος εἴπερ εἶ τοῦδʼ ἀνδρὸς ἔρξον (Soph. Trach. 1200).
To pass no day without tears: P. μηδεμίαν ἡμέραν ἀδάκρυτος διάγειν (Isoc. 391).
TEAR
s. lacrima. Tears lacrimae plur. fletus -ūs. With tears (in the eyes) lacrimans; oculis lacrimantibus; illacrimans; flens: a flood of tears magna vis lacrimarum: with a flood of tears cum or non sine multis lacrimis; magno (cum) fletu: to shed tears lacrimas effundere or profundere; lacrimare; flere (☞ lacrimari means “to be moved to tears”): I shed tears of joy gaudio lacrimo or lacrimas effundo; gaudio lacrimae mihi cadunt or manant: to refrain from tears cohibere lacrimas; fletum reprimere lacrimas sistere (to suppress tears): not to be able to refrain from tears lacrimas tenere non posse: tears come lacrimae oboriuntur; flow manant; burst forth prorumpunt or erumpunt; fletus erumpit: to yield or give way to tears tradere se lacrimis; lacrimis indulgere (Ov. Met. 9 142): to shed a flood of tears vim lacrimarum profundere: to bedew or moisten with tears aliquid lacrimis opplere (☞ lacrimis lavare aliquid is found only in the comedians): to draw forth or excite tears lacrimas concitare or excitare: to move anybody to tears lacrimas or fletum alicui movere: to wipe away tears abstergere alicui fletum (Vid: Cic. Phil. 13 14 34): a tear soon dries lacrima cito arescit; nihil facilius quam lacrima inarescit or lacrimae inarescunt.
s. lacrima. Tears lacrimae plur. fletus -ūs. With tears (in the eyes) lacrimans; oculis lacrimantibus; illacrimans; flens: a flood of tears magna vis lacrimarum: with a flood of tears cum or non sine multis lacrimis; magno (cum) fletu: to shed tears lacrimas effundere or profundere; lacrimare; flere (☞ lacrimari means “to be moved to tears”): I shed tears of joy gaudio lacrimo or lacrimas effundo; gaudio lacrimae mihi cadunt or manant: to refrain from tears cohibere lacrimas; fletum reprimere lacrimas sistere (to suppress tears): not to be able to refrain from tears lacrimas tenere non posse: tears come lacrimae oboriuntur; flow manant; burst forth prorumpunt or erumpunt; fletus erumpit: to yield or give way to tears tradere se lacrimis; lacrimis indulgere (Ov. Met. 9 142): to shed a flood of tears vim lacrimarum profundere: to bedew or moisten with tears aliquid lacrimis opplere (☞ lacrimis lavare aliquid is found only in the comedians): to draw forth or excite tears lacrimas concitare or excitare: to move anybody to tears lacrimas or fletum alicui movere: to wipe away tears abstergere alicui fletum (Vid: Cic. Phil. 13 14 34): a tear soon dries lacrima cito arescit; nihil facilius quam lacrima inarescit or lacrimae inarescunt.
v. Transitively in partes discindere (into pieces): discerpere (to pluck to pieces): concerpere: scindere: conscindere: lacerare (to lacerate). To tear one’s hair abscindere comas; vellere comam: to tear anybody away from anybody’s arms aliquem a or ex complexu (not complexibus) alicujus abripere: to tear one’s self away from anybody’s embraces ex complexu alicujus se eripere: to be torn by wild beasts a feris laniari or dilaniari: to tear off or away (a part from a whole) abscindere (☞ not abscidere = to cut off): to tear one’s self away se proripere (ex loco): avolare: abripere se: to tear open divellere (to separate hastily); scindere; discindere (to separate with violence); a garment vestem discindere: to tear open a wound vulnus suis manibus divellere (PROP. Hirt. B. Afr. 88): to tear up concerpere: conscindere: to tear up a letter epistolam scindere conscindere or concerpere.
Intransitively rumpi: dirumpi.
Intransitively rumpi: dirumpi.
tear:
I. Lit.:
1. lăcrĭma: briny t.s, salsae l., Lucr. 1, 125: hot t.s, l. tepentes, Tib. 2, 5, 77: calidae, Cels. 6, 6, ad init.: dropping, or fast-falling t.s, l. rorantes, Lucr. 2, 977 senseless and unseasonable t.s, absurdae atque abhorrentes l., Liv. 30, 44: fruitless t.s, l. nihil proficientes, Sen. Cons. ad Poly. 4, 1; inanes, Virg. Aen. 4, 449 "crocodile's t.s," l. confectae dolis, Ter. Andr. 3, 3, 26 cf. "uberibus lacrimis semperque paratis," Juv 6, 273 (q. v.) to draw t.s, l. movere, Quint. 4, 2, 77; concitare, id. 11, 3, 8; ciere, Virg. Aen. 6, 468; excire (alicui), Tac. A. 11, 2; commovere, Curt 5, 5, 7, excutere, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115; elicere, Pl. Trin. 2, 2, 13: a man most clever in drawing t.s, vir movendarum l. peritissimus, Plin. Ep. 2, 11: natural relationship wrings t.s from us, l.s exprimit naturalis necessitas, Sen. Ep. 99, 18: to cause one many a t., multas alicui l. afferre, Cic. Att. 12, 13 with t.s standing in her bright eyes, lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes, Virg. Aen. 1, 228 the t.s long repressed ran down her face, suspensaeque diu l. fluxere per ora, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 57 when t.s long checked gained the mastery and broke forth, cum diu prohibitae l. vincerent prorumperentque, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5: t.s start to my eyes for joy, prae laetitia l. prosiliunt, Pl. Stich. 3, 2, 13 (praesiliunt, al.): to melt into t.s, lacrimis exstillare, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 82; fatiscere in lacrimas, Val. Fl. 3, 395 t.s flow of their own accord, l. eunt sua sponte, Sen. Ep. 99, 20 to burst into t.s, ire in lacrimas, Stat. Theb 11, 193; effundi in lacrimas, Tac. A. 1, 11; or, lacrimis, Virg. Aen. 2, 651; or, ad l., Liv. 44, 31, extr.: on the arrival of her friends t.s came into her eyes, adventu suorum l. obortae, id. 1, 58 to give way to t.s, lacrimis indulgere, Ov. M. 9, 142; se tradere, dare, Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2; Tusc. 2, 21, 48 t.s run down from my eyes, ex oculis l. descendunt, Pl. Merc. 3, 4, 4: his t.s roll idly down, l. volvuntur inanes, Virg. Aen. 4, 449: t.s flow down, l. fluunt, Ov M 2, 364; excidunt, Sen. Ep. 99, 15; decurrunt, id. ib. 63, 1 the man's tears flow like a child's for joy, homini l. cadunt quasi puero gaudio, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20 a few t.s trickle down my cheeks, manat rara meas l. per genas, Hor. Od. 4, 1, 34 t.s burst forth in grief or flow through joy, l. erumpunt gaudio aut laetitia manant, Quint. 11, 3, 75 to shed t.s, l. effundere, Cic. Planc. 42, 101; fundere, Virg. Aen. 3, 348; profundere, Cic. Fontei. 17, 38; perfundere, Ov. H. 11, 115; l. dare, Virg. Aen. 4, 370: to shed t.s of joy, l. gaudio effundere, Liv. 27, 19, ad fin.: the marble rock sheds t.s, l. marmora manant, Ov. M. 6, 312: to shed a flood of t.s, vim lacrimarum profundere, Cic. Rep. 6, 14 she bedews the grass with a stream of t.s, humectat lacrimarum gramina rivo, Ov. M. 9, 656: t.s run down her bosom like a river, perque sinum l. fluminis instar eunt, id. H. 8, 62: everything is swimming with t.s, lacrimis omnia plena madent, Tib. 1, 9 (8), 54: Niobe rains t.s, Niobe lacrimas depluit, Prop. 2, 16, 8: to mar the eyes with t.s, lacrimis oculos foedare, Tib. 2, 6, 43: to bathe one s face in t.s, lacrimis vultum lavare, Ov. M. 9, 680; rigare, Virg. Aen. 9, 251; os opplere, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 65: I am overcome with t.s, conficior lacrimis, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1: I cannot speak for t.s, neque prae l. loqui possum, id. Mil. 38, 105 t.s choked her utterance, l. vocem impediere, Ov. M. 13, 745: the shedding of t.s relieves the feelings, l. profusae animum levant, Sen. Ep. 99, 15: to bedew anything with t.s, tingere aliquid lacrimis, Ov. M. 9, 567: to bedew the ashes (of the dead) with the tear due to them, debita spargere l. favillam, Hor. Od. 2, 6, 23: cease to beset my tomb with t.s, desine lacrimis urgere sepulcrum, Prop. 4, 11, 1: to honour with t.s, l. decorare (aliquem), Enn in Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: let not my death be unhonoured with t.s, mors mea ne careat l., poet. in Cic., ib.; to laugh till the t.s come, usque ad l. ridere, Petr. 57, 1 to gulp down one's tears, l. devorare, Ov. Fast. 4, 845. to repress t.s, l. reprimere, Sen. Ep. 63, 1; sistere, Ov Fast. 1, 367; supprimere, Albin. 1, 427; continere, Pl. Most. 3, 2, 138; inhibere, Curt. 10, 6, 3: not to repress t.s, l. non tenere, Cic. Verr. 5, 67, 172: who can keep from t.s? quis temperet a l.? Virg. Aen. 2, 8: although our t.s are exhausted our grief remains deeply rooted, consumptis l. tamen haeret dolor, Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64: to dry the falling t.s, l. siccare cadentes, Prop. 1, 19, 23 to wipe away t.s, l. detergere, Ov. M. 13, 746; abstergere, Curt. 5, 5, 8: to kiss away one's t.s, combibere sicco ore l., Ov. A. A. 2, 326: a t. quickly dries, especially over the misfortunes of another, cito arescit l. praesertim in alienis malis, Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57: t.s dry up, l. exarescunt, Cic. Att. 10, 14, ad init., inarescunt, Quint. 6, 1, 27. Prov.: hence those t.s, "hinc illae l." Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 99.
2. lăcrĭmŭla (dimin. of preced.): to shed t.s copiously, l. ubertim fundere, Catul. 66, 17: a feigned t. which she squeezed out hardly and with much difficulty by rubbing her eyes, falsa l. quam oculos terendo misere vix vi expresserit, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 22. you might have seen not merely a little t. but many t.s, and weeping, and sobbing, non modo l. sed multas lacrimas et fletum cum singultu videre potuisti, Cic. Planc. 31, 76.
3. flētus, ūs (a weeping: used both in sing. and pl.): fruitless t.s, f. inanes, Virg. G. 4, 375: pious t.s, pii f., Stat. Silv. 5, 1, 32: women's t.s, f. mulierum, Cic. Verr. 4, 21, 47 t.s unaccompanied by words, tacitus f., Liv. 3, 47 t.s and streams that bedew the face, f. et rigantes ora rivi, Plin. 11, 37, 54: with many t.s, multo cum f., Tac. A. 1, 40: to move the people to t.s, f. populo movere, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228 Virg. Aen. 4, 439: to be moved to a fresh outburst of t.s, in novos f. excitari, Sen. Ep. 99, 16: to shed a flood of t.s, largos effundere f., Virg. Aen. 2, 271 t.s break forth, f. erumpit, Quint. 6. 2, 7: to bathe one's cheeks with t.s, irrigare fletu genas, Sen. Phoen. 441: offerings bathed with many t.s for a brother's loss, munera fraterno multum manantia f., Catul. 100, 9: to repress one's t.s, f. reprimere, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, init.: comprimere, Stat. Silv. 2, 6, 12: to wipe away one's t.s, f. alicui abstergere, Cic. Phil. 14, 13, 34.
4. expr. metaph. in the poets by gutta (a drop), imber (a rain-shower), ros (dew), humor (moisture), fons (a fountain), flumen (a stream), aqua (water): the t. steals from my eyes, labitur ex oculis gutta meis, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 4: he bedews his face with large t.-drops, guttis humectat grandibus ora, Virg. Aen. 11, 90 (said of a horse): t.s for a wife, uxorius imber, Stat. Silv. 5, 1, 32: the cheeks are wet with mournful t.s, tristi imbre madent genae, Catul. 68, 56: to bedew her bosom with t.s, spargere imbre sinus, Ov. A. 3, 6, 68: her eyes fill with hot t.s, tepido suffundit lumina rore, id. M. 10, 360: to drop t.s from one's eyes, stillare ex oculis rorem, Hor. A. P. 430: a t. stealthily trickles down my cheeks, humor in genas furtim labitur meas, id. Od. 1, 13, 6: my cheeks are ever wet with t.s, hument fonte perenne genae, Ov. H. 8, 64: he waters his face with a flood of t.s, largo humectat flumine vultum, Virg. Aen. 1, 465: honourable t.s, honoratae aquae, Prop. 4, 11, 102. Phr.: eyes without a t., sicci oculi, Hor. Od. 1, 3, 18: Prop.: myself with t.s in my eyes, ipse madens oculis, Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 58: he began to entreat with t.s, ille lacrimans orare, Sall. Jug. 107: Liv. 3, 46: joy that finds vent in t.s, udum gaudium, Mart. 10, 78, 8: you would have drawn t.s from stones, lapides flere coëgisses, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245: smoke that brings t.s into the eyes, lacrimosus fumus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 80: war that costs many t.s, lacrimosum bellum, id. Od. 1, 21, 13: nothing worthy of t.s, nil lacrimabile, Ov. M. 2, 796: he died worthy of the t.s of many a good man, multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 9: Pluto, who cannot be moved by t.s, Pluto illacrimabilis, id. ib. 2, 14, 6: ghosts for whom no t. is shed, animae indefletae, Ov. M. 7, 611.
II. Fig.: (applied to inanimate objects:)
1. lăcrĭma: the t.s of trees, l. arborum, Plin. 11, 6, 5: the t.s of vines, l. vitium, id. 23, praef., § 3: cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 283.
2. gutta: Lucr. 1, 349: Ov. M. 10, 500: v.DROP , WEEP .
I. Lit.:
1. lăcrĭma: briny t.s, salsae l., Lucr. 1, 125: hot t.s, l. tepentes, Tib. 2, 5, 77: calidae, Cels. 6, 6, ad init.: dropping, or fast-falling t.s, l. rorantes, Lucr. 2, 977 senseless and unseasonable t.s, absurdae atque abhorrentes l., Liv. 30, 44: fruitless t.s, l. nihil proficientes, Sen. Cons. ad Poly. 4, 1; inanes, Virg. Aen. 4, 449 "crocodile's t.s," l. confectae dolis, Ter. Andr. 3, 3, 26 cf. "uberibus lacrimis semperque paratis," Juv 6, 273 (q. v.) to draw t.s, l. movere, Quint. 4, 2, 77; concitare, id. 11, 3, 8; ciere, Virg. Aen. 6, 468; excire (alicui), Tac. A. 11, 2; commovere, Curt 5, 5, 7, excutere, Ter. Heaut. 1, 1, 115; elicere, Pl. Trin. 2, 2, 13: a man most clever in drawing t.s, vir movendarum l. peritissimus, Plin. Ep. 2, 11: natural relationship wrings t.s from us, l.s exprimit naturalis necessitas, Sen. Ep. 99, 18: to cause one many a t., multas alicui l. afferre, Cic. Att. 12, 13 with t.s standing in her bright eyes, lacrimis oculos suffusa nitentes, Virg. Aen. 1, 228 the t.s long repressed ran down her face, suspensaeque diu l. fluxere per ora, Ov. Am. 1, 7, 57 when t.s long checked gained the mastery and broke forth, cum diu prohibitae l. vincerent prorumperentque, Plin. Ep. 3, 16, 5: t.s start to my eyes for joy, prae laetitia l. prosiliunt, Pl. Stich. 3, 2, 13 (praesiliunt, al.): to melt into t.s, lacrimis exstillare, Ter. Ph. 5, 8, 82; fatiscere in lacrimas, Val. Fl. 3, 395 t.s flow of their own accord, l. eunt sua sponte, Sen. Ep. 99, 20 to burst into t.s, ire in lacrimas, Stat. Theb 11, 193; effundi in lacrimas, Tac. A. 1, 11; or, lacrimis, Virg. Aen. 2, 651; or, ad l., Liv. 44, 31, extr.: on the arrival of her friends t.s came into her eyes, adventu suorum l. obortae, id. 1, 58 to give way to t.s, lacrimis indulgere, Ov. M. 9, 142; se tradere, dare, Cic. Fam. 5, 14, 2; Tusc. 2, 21, 48 t.s run down from my eyes, ex oculis l. descendunt, Pl. Merc. 3, 4, 4: his t.s roll idly down, l. volvuntur inanes, Virg. Aen. 4, 449: t.s flow down, l. fluunt, Ov M 2, 364; excidunt, Sen. Ep. 99, 15; decurrunt, id. ib. 63, 1 the man's tears flow like a child's for joy, homini l. cadunt quasi puero gaudio, Ter. Ad. 4, 1, 20 a few t.s trickle down my cheeks, manat rara meas l. per genas, Hor. Od. 4, 1, 34 t.s burst forth in grief or flow through joy, l. erumpunt gaudio aut laetitia manant, Quint. 11, 3, 75 to shed t.s, l. effundere, Cic. Planc. 42, 101; fundere, Virg. Aen. 3, 348; profundere, Cic. Fontei. 17, 38; perfundere, Ov. H. 11, 115; l. dare, Virg. Aen. 4, 370: to shed t.s of joy, l. gaudio effundere, Liv. 27, 19, ad fin.: the marble rock sheds t.s, l. marmora manant, Ov. M. 6, 312: to shed a flood of t.s, vim lacrimarum profundere, Cic. Rep. 6, 14 she bedews the grass with a stream of t.s, humectat lacrimarum gramina rivo, Ov. M. 9, 656: t.s run down her bosom like a river, perque sinum l. fluminis instar eunt, id. H. 8, 62: everything is swimming with t.s, lacrimis omnia plena madent, Tib. 1, 9 (8), 54: Niobe rains t.s, Niobe lacrimas depluit, Prop. 2, 16, 8: to mar the eyes with t.s, lacrimis oculos foedare, Tib. 2, 6, 43: to bathe one s face in t.s, lacrimis vultum lavare, Ov. M. 9, 680; rigare, Virg. Aen. 9, 251; os opplere, Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 65: I am overcome with t.s, conficior lacrimis, Cic. Fam. 14, 4, 1: I cannot speak for t.s, neque prae l. loqui possum, id. Mil. 38, 105 t.s choked her utterance, l. vocem impediere, Ov. M. 13, 745: the shedding of t.s relieves the feelings, l. profusae animum levant, Sen. Ep. 99, 15: to bedew anything with t.s, tingere aliquid lacrimis, Ov. M. 9, 567: to bedew the ashes (of the dead) with the tear due to them, debita spargere l. favillam, Hor. Od. 2, 6, 23: cease to beset my tomb with t.s, desine lacrimis urgere sepulcrum, Prop. 4, 11, 1: to honour with t.s, l. decorare (aliquem), Enn in Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117: let not my death be unhonoured with t.s, mors mea ne careat l., poet. in Cic., ib.; to laugh till the t.s come, usque ad l. ridere, Petr. 57, 1 to gulp down one's tears, l. devorare, Ov. Fast. 4, 845. to repress t.s, l. reprimere, Sen. Ep. 63, 1; sistere, Ov Fast. 1, 367; supprimere, Albin. 1, 427; continere, Pl. Most. 3, 2, 138; inhibere, Curt. 10, 6, 3: not to repress t.s, l. non tenere, Cic. Verr. 5, 67, 172: who can keep from t.s? quis temperet a l.? Virg. Aen. 2, 8: although our t.s are exhausted our grief remains deeply rooted, consumptis l. tamen haeret dolor, Cic. Phil. 2, 26, 64: to dry the falling t.s, l. siccare cadentes, Prop. 1, 19, 23 to wipe away t.s, l. detergere, Ov. M. 13, 746; abstergere, Curt. 5, 5, 8: to kiss away one's t.s, combibere sicco ore l., Ov. A. A. 2, 326: a t. quickly dries, especially over the misfortunes of another, cito arescit l. praesertim in alienis malis, Cic. Part. Or. 17, 57: t.s dry up, l. exarescunt, Cic. Att. 10, 14, ad init., inarescunt, Quint. 6, 1, 27. Prov.: hence those t.s, "hinc illae l." Ter. Andr. 1, 1, 99.
2. lăcrĭmŭla (dimin. of preced.): to shed t.s copiously, l. ubertim fundere, Catul. 66, 17: a feigned t. which she squeezed out hardly and with much difficulty by rubbing her eyes, falsa l. quam oculos terendo misere vix vi expresserit, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 22. you might have seen not merely a little t. but many t.s, and weeping, and sobbing, non modo l. sed multas lacrimas et fletum cum singultu videre potuisti, Cic. Planc. 31, 76.
3. flētus, ūs (a weeping: used both in sing. and pl.): fruitless t.s, f. inanes, Virg. G. 4, 375: pious t.s, pii f., Stat. Silv. 5, 1, 32: women's t.s, f. mulierum, Cic. Verr. 4, 21, 47 t.s unaccompanied by words, tacitus f., Liv. 3, 47 t.s and streams that bedew the face, f. et rigantes ora rivi, Plin. 11, 37, 54: with many t.s, multo cum f., Tac. A. 1, 40: to move the people to t.s, f. populo movere, Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 228 Virg. Aen. 4, 439: to be moved to a fresh outburst of t.s, in novos f. excitari, Sen. Ep. 99, 16: to shed a flood of t.s, largos effundere f., Virg. Aen. 2, 271 t.s break forth, f. erumpit, Quint. 6. 2, 7: to bathe one's cheeks with t.s, irrigare fletu genas, Sen. Phoen. 441: offerings bathed with many t.s for a brother's loss, munera fraterno multum manantia f., Catul. 100, 9: to repress one's t.s, f. reprimere, Cic. Rep. 6, 15, init.: comprimere, Stat. Silv. 2, 6, 12: to wipe away one's t.s, f. alicui abstergere, Cic. Phil. 14, 13, 34.
4. expr. metaph. in the poets by gutta (a drop), imber (a rain-shower), ros (dew), humor (moisture), fons (a fountain), flumen (a stream), aqua (water): the t. steals from my eyes, labitur ex oculis gutta meis, Ov. Tr. 1, 3, 4: he bedews his face with large t.-drops, guttis humectat grandibus ora, Virg. Aen. 11, 90 (said of a horse): t.s for a wife, uxorius imber, Stat. Silv. 5, 1, 32: the cheeks are wet with mournful t.s, tristi imbre madent genae, Catul. 68, 56: to bedew her bosom with t.s, spargere imbre sinus, Ov. A. 3, 6, 68: her eyes fill with hot t.s, tepido suffundit lumina rore, id. M. 10, 360: to drop t.s from one's eyes, stillare ex oculis rorem, Hor. A. P. 430: a t. stealthily trickles down my cheeks, humor in genas furtim labitur meas, id. Od. 1, 13, 6: my cheeks are ever wet with t.s, hument fonte perenne genae, Ov. H. 8, 64: he waters his face with a flood of t.s, largo humectat flumine vultum, Virg. Aen. 1, 465: honourable t.s, honoratae aquae, Prop. 4, 11, 102. Phr.: eyes without a t., sicci oculi, Hor. Od. 1, 3, 18: Prop.: myself with t.s in my eyes, ipse madens oculis, Stat. Silv. 5, 3, 58: he began to entreat with t.s, ille lacrimans orare, Sall. Jug. 107: Liv. 3, 46: joy that finds vent in t.s, udum gaudium, Mart. 10, 78, 8: you would have drawn t.s from stones, lapides flere coëgisses, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245: smoke that brings t.s into the eyes, lacrimosus fumus, Hor. S. 1, 5, 80: war that costs many t.s, lacrimosum bellum, id. Od. 1, 21, 13: nothing worthy of t.s, nil lacrimabile, Ov. M. 2, 796: he died worthy of the t.s of many a good man, multis ille bonis flebilis occidit, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 9: Pluto, who cannot be moved by t.s, Pluto illacrimabilis, id. ib. 2, 14, 6: ghosts for whom no t. is shed, animae indefletae, Ov. M. 7, 611.
II. Fig.: (applied to inanimate objects:)
1. lăcrĭma: the t.s of trees, l. arborum, Plin. 11, 6, 5: the t.s of vines, l. vitium, id. 23, praef., § 3: cf. Ov. A. A. 1, 283.
2. gutta: Lucr. 1, 349: Ov. M. 10, 500: v.
tear (v.): scindo, scĭdi, scissum, 3 (a more gen. term than t., including the notion of splitting or cleaving): to t. a garment, s. vestem, Hor. Od. 1, 17, 27: to t. the sails, s. vela, Pl. Trin. 4, 1, 18: to t. the hair, s. crines, Virg. Aen. 12, 870: the asses may t. me with their teeth, asini me mordicibus scindant, Pl. Aul. 2, 2, 57. It is sometimes employed in several senses which are more usually expr. by comps., or by other words: as, to t. up a letter, s. epistolam, Cic. Fam. 5, 20, extr.: to t. down a bridge, s. pontem, Tac. H. 5, 26: to t. open one's sorrow (like a wound), s. dolorem, Cic. Att. 3, 15, ad init.: to t. asunder the ties of kindred, s. necessitudines, Plin. Pan. 37, ad fin.: v. REND .
tear (subs.): scissūra, Sen.: Plin.: v. RENT .
δάκρυον
δάκρυον, τό, tear (noun)
διαρπάζω
to tear in pieces
δακρύω
to weep, shed tears
σπαράσσω
to tear, rend in pieces, mangle
a tear
δακρυρροέω
to melt into tears, shed tears
διασύρω
to tear in pieces
δρύπτω
to tear, strip
καταδρύπτω
to tear in pieces, rend
καταμύσσω
to tear, scratch
λακίζω
to tear
συναποσπάω
tear
συσπαράσσω
to tear in pieces
ἀμύσσω
to scratch, tear, wound, lacerate, mangle
ἀποξαίνω
scarify, tear
ἐπικαταρρήγνυμι
tear, rend; mid. to fall violently down
ῥακόω
to tear in strips
δάκρυον, τό, tear (noun)
διαρπάζω
to tear in pieces
δακρύω
to weep, shed tears
σπαράσσω
to tear, rend in pieces, mangle
appearing fewer than 50 times
δάκρυa tear
δακρυρροέω
to melt into tears, shed tears
διασύρω
to tear in pieces
δρύπτω
to tear, strip
καταδρύπτω
to tear in pieces, rend
καταμύσσω
to tear, scratch
λακίζω
to tear
συναποσπάω
tear
συσπαράσσω
to tear in pieces
ἀμύσσω
to scratch, tear, wound, lacerate, mangle
ἀποξαίνω
scarify, tear
ἐπικαταρρήγνυμι
tear, rend; mid. to fall violently down
ῥακόω
to tear in strips
rapio
to seize and carry off, abduct (and rape), snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away
lacrima
a tear
eripio
to tear out, snatch away, wrest, pluck, tear, take away
fleo
to weep, cry, shed tears, lament, wail
rumpo
to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture, break asunder, burst in pieces, force open
diripio
to tear asunder, tear in pieces
scindo
to cut, tear, rend, force apart, split, cleave, divide
abrumpo
to break off, break away, tear, rend, burst, sever
distraho
to pull asunder, tear in pieces, part, divide
lanio
to tear in pieces, rend, mangle, lacerate
divello
to tear apart, rend asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, tear
discindo
to tear asunder, cut apart, cleave, divide, rend, tear
discerpo
to tear in pieces, rend, mangle, mutilate
to tear in pieces, rend
conscindo
to tear, rend to pieces
lacrimula
a little tear, tearlet
perscindo
to rend asunder, tear in pieces
to seize and carry off, abduct (and rape), snatch, tear, pluck, drag, hurry away
lacrima
a tear
eripio
to tear out, snatch away, wrest, pluck, tear, take away
fleo
to weep, cry, shed tears, lament, wail
rumpo
to break, burst, tear, rend, rive, rupture, break asunder, burst in pieces, force open
diripio
to tear asunder, tear in pieces
scindo
to cut, tear, rend, force apart, split, cleave, divide
abrumpo
to break off, break away, tear, rend, burst, sever
distraho
to pull asunder, tear in pieces, part, divide
lanio
to tear in pieces, rend, mangle, lacerate
divello
to tear apart, rend asunder, tear in pieces, separate violently, tear
discindo
to tear asunder, cut apart, cleave, divide, rend, tear
discerpo
to tear in pieces, rend, mangle, mutilate
appearing fewer than 50 times
concerpoto tear in pieces, rend
conscindo
to tear, rend to pieces
lacrimula
a little tear, tearlet
perscindo
to rend asunder, tear in pieces