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δακρύω

dakryo

weep, shed tears

Appears 10 times across Plato's dialogues.

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Dictionary (LSJ)

δακρύω, first in A. Ch. 81: fut. -ύσω E. El. 658, later -ύσομαι Tryph. 404: aor. ἐδάκρῡσα Hdt. 1.112, etc., Ep. δάκρῡσα Od. 11.55: pf. δεδάκρῡκα Alciphr. 2.3.14:—Med., δακρύεσθαι A. Th. 815: aor. δακρύσατο Tryph. 431:—Pass., pres., E. Hel. 1226: pf. δεδάκρῡμαι Il. 16.7, etc.: [υ long in all tenses, except in late Poets, as AP 9.148]: (for the Root, v. δάκρυ). I. intr., weep, shed tears, Od. l.c., etc.: c. acc. cogn., δ. γόους to lament with tears, S. Aj. 580: c. gen. causae, δ. συμφορᾶς E. HF 528 (dub. l.); δ. βλέφαρα to flood them with tears, Id. Hel. 948; δ. χαρᾷ X. HG 7.2.9; ἐπὶ ταῖς συμφοραῖς Isoc. 4.168:— Pass., pf. δεδάκρυμαι to be in tears, τίπτε δεδάκρυσαι, Πατρόκλεες; Il. 16.7; δεδάκρυνται δὲ παρειαί 22.491; δεδακρυμένος in tears, Pl. Ax. 364b, Plu. Publ. 6, etc. 2. of the eyes, run, Arist. HA 620a5. 3. of trees, exude gum, Thphr. Fr. 121; ἤλεκτρον δακρύειν Luc. Salt. 55. II. c. acc., weep for, τινά A. Ag. 1490 (lyr.), S. OT 1486, Ar. Ach. 1027, etc.:—Pass., to be wept for, συμφορὰ δακρύεται E. Hel. 1226 (prob. Med. in A. Th. 815).
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