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What (who) is lachrymatory - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Lachrymatory (disambiguation)
Lachrymatory
·noun A "tear-bottle;" a narrow-necked vessel found in sepulchers of the ancient Romans;
- so called from a former notion that the tears of the deceased person's friends were collected in it. Called also lachrymal or lacrymal.
lachrymatory
['lakr?m??t(?)ri]
(also lacrimatory)
¦ adjective technical or literary relating to or containing tears.
¦ noun (plural lachrymatories) a phial of a kind found in ancient Roman tombs and thought to be a lachrymal vase.
Origin
C17: from L. lacrima 'tear'.
Unguentarium
![Ajax]] play [[knucklebones]] on this late 6th-century [[lekythos]], a type of oil-storing vessel associated with funeral rites before the unguentarium replaced it](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Achilles Ajax dice Louvre MNB911.jpg?width=200 "Ajax]] play [[knucklebones]] on this late 6th-century [[lekythos]], a type of oil-storing vessel associated with funeral rites before the unguentarium replaced it")
![Unguentarium carved from a 2860-carat Colombian [[emerald]], Habsburg-Lorraine Household Treasure, [[Imperial Treasury, Vienna]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/IMG 0119 - Wien - Schatzkammer - 2860-carat Columbian Emerald.JPG?width=200 "Unguentarium carved from a 2860-carat Colombian [[emerald]], Habsburg-Lorraine Household Treasure, [[Imperial Treasury, Vienna]].")
![Antony and Cleopatra, 16th century marble relief by [[Giovanni Maria Mosca]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mosca Antonius und Kleopatra.jpg?width=200 "Antony and Cleopatra, 16th century marble relief by [[Giovanni Maria Mosca]].")
![[[Punic]] unguentarium found in the [[Phoenicia]]n necropolis of Puig des Molins](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Unguentario punico.jpg?width=200 "[[Punic]] unguentarium found in the [[Phoenicia]]n necropolis of Puig des Molins")
SMALL CERAMIC OR GLASS BOTTLE FOUND FREQUENTLY BY ARCHAEOLOGISTS AT HELLENISTIC AND ROMAN SITES
Unguentaria; Balsamarii
An unguentarium (plural "unguentaria"), also referred to as Balsamarium (plural "Balsamarii"), Lacrimarium (plural "Lacrimarii") or tears vessel,Neuter noun from the Latin unguentarius, "concerned with the production, sale, etc., of ointments," Oxford Latin Dictionary (Oxford: Clarendon Press 1982, 1985 printing), p.
Wikipedia
Lachrymatory
Lachrymatory or lacrymatory may refer to:
- Something that has the effect of lachrymation, causing the secretion of tears
- Tear gas, known formally as a lachrymatory agent or lachrymator
- A lacrymatory, a small vessel of terracotta or glass found in Roman and late Greek tombs, thought to have been used to collect the tears of mourners at funerals
