noun

lăcrĭmŭla

gen. lăcrĭmŭlae · gender feminine · decl. 1st

(), , dim. id.

a little tear, crocodile-tear •

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.

Perseus ID: n25566 Key: lacrimula