流りゅう涕てい

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', intransitive verb

crying; shedding tears

Rare literary term for shedding tears. In modern Japanese, 涙を流す or 泣く are far more common. The medical term 'delacrimation' is an extremely specialized equivalent.

• 古こ文ぶんでは「流りゅう涕てい」が涙なみだを流ながすことを表あらわす。

  In classical texts, 流涕 means shedding tears.

• 彼かれは悲かなしみのあまり流りゅう涕ていしたと記き録ろくにある。

  It is recorded that he shed tears from overwhelming sorrow.