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delacrimatio

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Τὸ νικᾶν αὐτὸν αὑτὸν πασῶν νικῶν πρώτη τε καὶ ἀρίστη. Τὸ δὲ ἡττᾶσθαι αὐτὸν ὑφ' ἑαυτοῦ πάντων αἴσχιστόν τε ἅμα καὶ κάκιστον. → Τo conquer yourself is the first and best victory of all, while to be conquered by yourself is of all the most shameful as well as evil

Plato, Laws, 626e

Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

dēlā̆crĭmātĭo: ōnis, f. delacrimo,
I a watery running or weeping of the eyes (as a disease), Plin. 25, 13, 99, § 156; plur. 34, 11, 26, § 113.—
II A cessation of weeping, Scrib. 37.