plaudo
Italian
Verb
plaudo
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Latin
Alternative forms
Etymology
Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, the same root of Latin plēctō, plangō, plaga and Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈplau̯.doː/, [ˈpɫ̪äu̯d̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈplau̯.do/, [ˈpläːu̯d̪o]
Verb
plaudō (present infinitive plaudere, perfect active plausī, supine plausum); third conjugation
- I strike, beat, clap.
- I applaud; I clap my hands in token of approbation.
- c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon :
- Nunc, spectatores, Iovis summi causa clare plaudite
- Now, spectators, for the sake of almighty Jove, applaud
- Nunc, spectatores, Iovis summi causa clare plaudite
- I approve.
- I strike hands to complete a bargain.
- (poetic, of wings) I beat, flap.
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References
- “plaudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “plaudo”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- plaudo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- to applaud, clap a person: plaudere (not applaudere)
- to applaud, clap a person: plaudere (not applaudere)
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