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Plutarch (oh) and Weeping (medicine)


Plutarch (oh)



(?46-?120 AD) an ancient Greek historian who wrote about famous Greek and Roman politicians and military leaders in a book known as Plutarch's Lives. Plays by William Shakespeare that are set in ancient times, such as Julius Caesar, are based on Plutarch's writings.

Weeping (medicine)


weeping


1. Grieving; lamenting; shedding tears. "Weeping eyes."

2. Discharging water, or Other liquid, in drops or very slowly; surcharged with water. "Weeping grounds."

3. Having slender, pendent branches; said of trees; as, weeping willow; a weeping ash.

4. Pertaining to lamentation, or those who weep. Weeping cross, a cross erected on or by the highway, especially for the devotions of penitents; hence, to return by the weeping cross, to return from some undertaking in humiliation or penitence. Weeping rock, a porous rock from which water gradually issues. Weeping sinew, a ganglion. See Ganglion. Weeping spring, a spring that discharges water slowly.

<botany> Weeping willow, a species of willow (Salix Babylonica) whose branches grow very long and slender, and hang down almost perpendicularly.