defleo
Χρὴ τῶν ἀγαθῶν διακναιομένων πενθεῖν ὅστις χρηστὸς ἀπ' ἀρχῆς νενόμισται → When a good man is hurt, all who would be called good must suffer with him
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
dē-flĕo: ēvi, ētum, 2, v. a. and n.
I Act.
A To weep over a person or thing; to lament, deplore, bewail (for syn. cf.: deploro, ejulo, ploro, lacrimo, lamentor, fleo —class.): te cinefactum deflevimus, Lucr. 3, 907: Numam, Ov. M. 15, 487: nuptam (Eurydicen), id. ib. 10, 12: inter nos impendentes casus deflevimus, Cic. Brut. 96, 329: illud initium civilis belli, Asinius Pollio ap. Cic. Fam. 10, 31: eversionem civitatis, Quint. 3, 8, 12: aliena mala, id. 6, 1, 26 et saep.: Crassi mors a multis saepe defleta, Cic. de Or. 3, 3; cf. id. Phil. 13, 5; Verg. A. 6, 220 al.: in deflenda nece, Quint. 11, 3, 8 et saep. —Absol.: dum assident, dum deflent, Tac. A. 16, 13: in amici sinu, Plin. Ep. 8, 16, 5.—
(b) Poet. with acc. and inf.: et minui deflevit onus dorsumque levari, Manil. 4, 748.—*
B Oculos, to dull with weeping, App. M. 5, p. 161, 36.—
II Neutr., to weep much or violently, weep to exhaustion (very rare): gravibus cogor deflere querelis, Prop. 1, 16, 13; Justin. 18, 4, 13; App. M. 4 fin.>
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
dēflĕō,¹⁰ ēvī, ētum, ēre, tr.,
1 abst] pleurer abondamment : Prop. 1, 16, 13 ; Tac. Ann. 16, 13 ; Plin. Min. Ep. 8, 16, 5
2 avec acc. : a) pleurer qqn, qqch. : Lucr. 3, 907 ; Cic. Br. 329 ; mors a multis defleta Cic. de Or. 3, 9, mort déplorée par beaucoup || [avec prop. inf.] déplorer que : Manil. 4, 748 ; b) oculos Apul. M. 5, 7, répandre ses yeux en larmes, user ses yeux. deflerim = defleverim Stat. Th. 3, 204.
