'''Fletus''' est [[lacrima]]s fundere (aut ortus lacrimarum in [[oculus|oculis]]), [[animi motus|statui animi]], [[dolor]]i, [[corpus|corporeaeve]] oculorum [[irritatio]]ni respondens. Inter animi motús qui fletum stimulare possunt numerantur [[felicitas]], [[gaudium]], [[ira]], [[tristitia]]. Actio flendi definitur "multiplex [[res]] [[secretomotrum|secretomotorica]] cuius proprietas est lacrimas fundere ex [[apparatus lacrimalis|apparatu lacrimali]] sine irritatione structurarum [[oculus humanus|oculorum]],"<ref>[[Anglice]] "a complex secretomotor phenomenon characterized by the shedding of tears from the lacrimal apparatus, without any irritation of the eye structures."</ref> potius levationem praebens quae [[coniunctivitis|coniunctivitem]] prohibet.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1016/0010-440X(93)90049-A |author=Patel, V. |title=Crying behavior and psychiatric disorder in adults: a review |journal=Compr Psychiatry |volume=34 |issue=3 |pages=206–11 |year=1993 |pmid=8339540 }} Quoted by Michelle C. P. Hendriks, A. J. J. M. Vingerhoets in ''Crying: is it beneficial for one's well-being?''</ref> Consociatum [[vocabulum]] [[medica|medicum]] est '''lacrimatio,''' quae etiam lacrimas fundendas non animi motus causa attingit. Varia flendi genera agnoscuntur.<ref>Inter quae ''clamitatio'' et ''clamor'' (''clamare'' et ''clamitare''), ''eiulatuseiulatio'' et ''eiulatus'' (''eiulare''), ''lacrimare,'' ''lamenta'' et ''lamentatio'' (''lamentari''), ''(de)ploratus'' (''(de)plorare''), ''planctus'' (''plangere''), ''singultus'' (''singultare''), ''vagitus'' (''vagire''), ''vociferari.''</ref><!-- For crying to be described as sobbing, it usually has to be accompanied by a set of other symptoms, such as slow but erratic [[inhalatio]], occasional instances of [[breath holding]] et [[tremor]] [[musculus|muscularis]].-->

[[Fasciculus:Crying-girl.jpg|thumb|upright=0.68|left|[[Puella]] duos annos nata vagit.]]

[[Opus reticulatum neurale biologicum|Coniunctio neuronalis]] inter [[glandula lacrimalis|glandulam lacrimalem]] ([[ductus lacrimarumnasolacrimalis|ductum lacrimarumnasolacrimalem]]) et [[regio]]nes [[cerebrum|cerebri]] humani cum animi motu implicatas affirmata est. Investigatores [[scientia (ratio)|scientifici]] disputant num [[homo|homines]] sint sola [[animalia]] quae lacrimas fundant, statui animi motús respondentes.<ref name="Cry p44">Walter 2006.</ref><ref>Frey et Langseth 1985: 135–39.</ref> [[Carolus Darwin]] in ''[[The Expression of the Emotions in Man and Animals]]'' dixit custodes [[elephantus|elephanti]] [[India|Indicorum]] in [[Vivarium Londiniense|Vivario Londiniensi]] ei dixisse eorum curas lacrimas maeroris aliquando fundere.

[[Fasciculus:From left, Sarah Stover, the widow of U.S. Air Force Capt. Christopher Stover, an HH-60G Pave Hawk helicopter pilot assigned to the 56th Rescue Squadron, pays tribute to her husband during a memorial service 140117-F-XB934-225.jpg|thumb|upright=0.8|Binae [[mulier]]es inad [[funusexsequiae|funereexsequias]] cohonestandas lamentantur.]]

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*Stepp, Gina. [[2009]]. "It's No Party, But I'll Cry if I Want To." ''Vision Media,'' 14 Ianuarii 2009. [https://web.archive.org/web/20090211080149/http://familymatters.vision.org/public/item/223553 Editio interretialis.]