ploratus
From LSJ
ἐπὶ ξυροῦ γὰρ ἀκμῆς ἔχεται ἡμῖν τὰ πρήγματα → our affairs are balanced on a razor's edge, our affairs are set upon the razor's edge
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 <number opt="n">plur.</number>: omnia mulierum ploratibus sonant, Liv. 29, 17.—
II Transf., of the weeping or bleeding of a tree, Plin. 12, 25, 54, § 116.
