ploratus
ὥσπερ γὰρ ζώου τῶν ὄψεων ἀφαιρεθεισῶν ἀχρειοῦται τὸ ὅλον, οὕτως ἐξ ἱστορίας ἀναιρεθείσης τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ καταλειπόμενον αὐτῆς ἀνωφελὲς γίνεται διήγημα → for just as a living creature which has lost its eyesight is wholly incapacitated, so if history is stripped of her truth all that is left is but an idle tale | for, just as closed eyes make the rest of an animal useless, what is left from a history blind to the truth is just a pointless tale
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
plōrātus: ūs, m. id.,
I a wailing, weeping, lamenting.
I Lit.: virginalem ploratum edere, Cic. poët. Tusc. 2, 9, 21: ploratum infantis cohibere, Plin. 36, 5, 4, § 29: vox ploratūs, Vulg. Matt. 2, 18.—In plur.: omnia mulierum ploratibus sonant, Liv. 29, 17.—
II Transf., of the weeping or bleeding of a tree, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) plōrātus, a, um, part. de ploro.
(2) plōrātŭs,¹³ ūs, m.,
1 cris de douleur, lamentations : sing., [poet.] Cic. Tusc. 2, 21 ; Plin. 36, 29
