dē-plōro, āvi, ātum, v. n. and a.
I Neutr., to weep bitterly, to moan, wail, lament, complain .
A Prop. (repeatedly in Cic.; elsewh. not so used): afflictus et jacens et lamentabili voce deplorans, Cic. Tusc. 2, 13 fin. : de suis incommodis, id. Verr. 2, 2, 27; so, de aliqua re, id. ib. 2, 3, 18, § 45 (with conqueri); id. Sest. 6, 14.—
B Transf., of the vine: to weep, bleed greatly , Pall. Febr. 30.—Far more freq. and class.,
II Act., to weep for bitterly, bewail, lament, deplore .
A 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.—
B 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.—
2 Transf., of the disease, hopeless, incurable : aurium vitia, Plin. 29, 6, 39, § 135.