δάκρυ

Alternative forms

• δάκρυον (dákruon)

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru. Cognates include Latin lacruma, Gothic 𐍄𐌰𐌲𐍂 (tagr), Old English tēar, Sanskrit अश्रु (aśru) and Old Armenian արտաւսր (artawsr).

Pronunciation

Noun

δᾰ́κρῠ • (dákru) n (genitive —); third declension

1. tear
2. Anything which drips like a tear: gum, sap

Further reading

• δάκρυ in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• δάκρυ in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• δάκρυ in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
• δάκρυ in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• δάκρυ in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
• δάκρυ in the Diccionario Griego–Español en línea (2006–2018)
• δάκρυ in Slater, William J. (1969) Lexicon to Pindar, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter
• G1144 in Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible, 1979
• Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English–Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language‎, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
  • exudation idem, page 298.
  • gum idem, page 379.
  • tear idem, page 859.
• Ausführliche Grammatik der griechischen Sprache von Dr. Raphael Kühner. Erster Teil: Elementar- und Formenlehre. Dritte Auflage in zwei Bänden in neuer Bearbeitung besorgt von Friedrich Blass. Erster Band, Hannover, 1890, page 438, § 125

Etymology

From Ancient Greek δάκρυ (dákru), from Proto-Indo-European *dáḱru-.

Noun

δάκρυ • (dákry) n (plural δάκρυα)

1. tear (from crying)