verb transitive intransitive

dē-plōro

3rd PP dē-plōrāvi · 4th PP dē-plōrātum

Neutr., to weep bitterly, to moan, wail, lament, complain

Neutr., to weep bitterly, to moan, wail, lament, complain.

Prop. (repeatedly in Cic.; elsewh. not so used): afflictus et jacens et… •

Prop. (repeatedly in Cic.; elsewh. not so used): afflictus et jacens et lamentabili voce deplorans, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13 fin.: de suis incommodis, Cic. Verr. 2, 2, 27; so, de aliqua re, id. ib. 2, 3, 18, § 45 (with conqueri); id. Sest. 6, 14.—

to weep, bleed greatly by extension

Transf., of the vine: to weep, bleed greatly, Pall. Febr. 30.—Far more freq. and class.,

Act., to weep for bitterly, bewail, lament, deplore

Act., to weep for bitterly, bewail, lament, deplore.

Prop.: si ad scopulos haec conqueri ac deplorare vellem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67:… ••

Prop.: si ad scopulos haec conqueri ac deplorare vellem, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 67: damnationem illam, id. Clu. 24, 65: nomen reipublicae, id. Cat. 4, 2 fin. (with lamentari); id. de Sen. 23, 84; id. Tusc. 5, 39, 115: quae nostri aequales deplorare solebant, quod, etc., id. de Sen. 3, 7; Ov. M. 5, 63: ante omnes deplorati erant equites, Liv. 4, 40 init. et saep.: quae de altero deplorentur, Cic. de Or. 2, 52, 211; cf.: multa de Gnaeo deplorabo, id. Att. 9, 18.—

to regard as lost, to give up ••

Since the Aug. per., meton. (effectus pro causa, to weep for as lost, i. e.), to regard as lost, to give up: suam quisque spem, sua consilia, communibus deploratis exsequentes, Liv. 5, 40, 6: deploratur in perpetuum libertas, id. 3, 38, 2: agros, id. 41, 6: paene Romanum nomen, id. 9, 7: diem, Quint. 10, 3, 128: exitum, Flor. 2, 18, 15: deplorata spes est, Liv. 26, 12; cf. vota (coloni), Ov. M. 1, 272: Jason a medicis, Plin. 7, 50, 51, § 166 al.—

hopeless, incurable by extension •

Transf., of the disease, hopeless, incurable: aurium vitia, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 135.

Perseus ID: n13192 Key: deploro