δάκρυ: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, used by Poets metri gr. for [[δάκρυον]] in sg. [[δάκρυ]] and dat. pl. <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> δάκρυσι <span class="bibl">Il.9.570</span>, etc.: dat. pl. sometimes in Prose, <span class="bibl">Th.7.75</span>, <span class="bibl">D.30.32</span>, Eu.Luc.<span class="bibl">7.38</span>: pl., [[δάκρη]] <span class="title">An.Ox.</span>1.121 (cj. Bgk. in <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>122.3</span>, cf. [[δάκρυον]] <span class="bibl">2</span>):—[[tear]], <span class="bibl">Il.2.266</span>, <span class="bibl">Od.4.114</span>, <span class="bibl">A.<span class="title">Pr.</span>638</span>, etc.; τοῦ ὅ γε δ. χέων <span class="bibl">Od.2.24</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> generally, [[drop]], λιβάνου Pi. [[l.c.]]; δ. πεύκινον <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Med.</span>1200</span>. (Cf.Lat. [[lacruma]], Goth. [[tagr]], OE. [[tear]].) </span>