lacrimosus
Ῥίζα γὰρ πάντων τῶν κακῶν ἐστιν ἡ φιλαργυρία → Root of all the evils is the love of money (Radix omnium malorum est cupiditas)
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lăcrĭmōsus: (lacrŭm-, lacrym-), a, um, adj. lacrima,
I full of tears, tearful, weeping (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: lumina (i. e. oculi), Ov. M. 1, 8, 111: oculi, Plin. 38, 6, 17, § 34.—
II That excites to tears, lamentable, doleful: fumus, Ov. M. 10, 6; Hor. S. 1, 5, 80; cf.: caepis odor lacrimosus, Plin. 19, 6, 32, § 101: Trojae funera, Hor. C. 1, 8, 14: bellum, id. ib. 1, 21, 13: carmen, plaintive, Ov. Tr. 5, 1, 35: poëmata, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 67.—
B Transf., weeping, dropping, exuding.—Act., of plants: vites, Plin. 17, 28, 47, § 261.—Pass., of the sap: lacrimosum electrum, Verg. Cir. 434; cf. Ov. M. 2, 364.—Hence, adv.: lăcrĭmō-sē, with tears (post-class.), Gell. 10, 3, 4.
