English Explanatory Dictionary

lacrimae rerum

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The “tears of things”; the inherent tragedy of existence.

Pronunciation

lăʹkrĭmī rāʹrəm /ˈlækɹɪmaɪ ˈɹeɪɹəm/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-lacrimae rerum.wav

Word forms

lacrimae rerum lacrimæ rerum lachrymae rerum lachrymæ rerum

Etymology

An allusion to Virgil’s Aeneid (29–19 BC), book I, line 462; Latin: lacrimae (“tears”, the nominative plural form of lacrima, “tear”) + rērum (“of things”, the genitive plural form of rēs, “thing”) = “tears of things”.

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