lacrimula
ὁ Σιμωνίδης τὴν μὲν ζωγραφίαν ποίησιν σιωπῶσαν προσαγορεύει, τὴν δὲ ποίησιν ζωγραφίαν λαλοῦσαν → Simonides relates that a picture is a silent poem, and a poem a speaking picture | Simonides, however, calls painting inarticulate poetry and poetry articulate painting
Latin > English
lacrimula lacrimulae N F :: little tear
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
lăcrĭmŭla: (-mŏla), ae, f.
dim. id.,
I a little tear, crocodile-tear (rare but class.): haec verba una me hercule falsa lacrimola, Quam oculos terendo misere vix vi expresserit, Restinguet, Ter. Eun. 1, 1, 22: non modo lacrimulam, sed multas lacrimas videre potuisti, Cic. Planc. 31, 76: frustrantur falsis gaudia lacrimulis, Cat. 66, 16.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
lăcrĭmŭla,¹⁴ æ, f., dim. de lacrima ; Ter. Eun. 67 ; Cic. Planc. 76 || pl., Catul. 66, 16.
Latin > German (Georges)
lacrimula, ae, f. (Demin. v. lacrima), das Tränchen, Cic. Planc. 76: una falsa lacr., Krokodilsträne, Ter. eun. 67: frustrantur falsis gaudia lacrimulis, Catull. 66, 16. – Nbf. lacrumula, zB. meis referre lacrumulam (parentibus), Carm. epigr. 1518, 4 ed. Buecheler.
