lacrimosus

Latin

Alternative forms

• lacrumōsus, lacrymōsus

Etymology

From lacrima +‎ -ōsus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /la.kriˈmoː.sus/, [ɫ̪äkrɪˈmoːs̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /la.kriˈmo.sus/, [läkriˈmɔːs̬us]

Adjective

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

1. weeping, full of tears
   • 13th century, Stabat Mater, stanza 1:

     Stabat mater dolorosa
     Iuxta crucem lacrimosa,
     Dum pendebat filius.

     The Mother stood sorrowful
     By the cross, weeping,
     While the Son was hanging.

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

Related terms

• lacrima
• lacrimābilis
• lacrimābundus
• lacrimātiō
• lacrimō
• lacrimor
• lacrimōsē
• lacrimula

Descendants

• Aromanian: lãcrimos, lãcãrmos, lãcrãmos
• English: lachrymose
• Friulian: lagrimôs
• Galician: lacrimoso
• Italian: lacrimoso
• Portuguese: lacrimoso
• Romanian: lăcrimos, lăcrămos
• Spanish: lacrimoso, lagrimoso

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.