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• Lachryma Christi
  Lachryma Christi

  noun

  a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.
• lachryma Christi
  lachryma Christi

  noun

  a red or white wine from the bay of Naples in S Italy

Lachryma Christi

American  

[lak-ruh-muh kris-tee] / ˈlæk rə mə ˈkrɪs ti /

Or Lacrima Christi

noun

1. a table wine produced from grapes grown near Vesuvius, in Italy.

2. a medium dry, sparkling wine produced in the Piedmont region of Italy.

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lachryma Christi British  

/ ˈlækrəmə ˈkrɪstɪ /

noun

1. a red or white wine from the bay of Naples in S Italy

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Etymology

Origin of Lachryma Christi

First recorded in 1605–15, Lachryma Christi is from Latin lachryma Christī literally, “tear of Christ”

Example Sentences

It was hard work to get on; and we were glad enough to reach the Hermitage and Observatory, where we tossed off a glass of Lachryma Christi to restore us.

From Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 2, No. 8, January, 1851 by Various

So the molten lava which once poured from the fiery mouth of Vesuvius has become the soil of thriving vineyards, which produce the priceless Lachryma Christi wine.

From Due South or Cuba Past and Present by Ballou, Maturin Murray

Tell him to see that the Champagne is not too warm, nor the Johannisberg to cold; the Sillery too dry, nor the Lachryma Christi too acid.

From Joseph II. and His Court by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)

Lachryma Christi, a sweet wine of a red or amber colour, produced from grapes grown on Mount Vesuvius.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

And it was a large glass of Lachryma Christi!

From Towards the Goal by Ward, Humphry, Mrs.