applausus

Latin

Alternative forms

• adplausus
• applōsus (post-Classical)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /apˈplau̯.sus/, [äpˈpɫ̪äu̯s̠ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /apˈplau̯.sus/, [äpˈpläːu̯sus]

Etymology 1

From applaudō (“I clap, I applaud”) +‎ -tus (action noun-forming suffix).

Noun

applausus m (genitive applausūs); fourth declension

1. a clapping, flapping, or beating together of wings
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Statius to this entry?)
2. (Late Latin) clapping, applause
   • (Can we find and add a quotation of Julius Firmicus Maternus to this entry?)
   • 1677, Baruch Spinoza, Ethica pars IV. LVIII:

     quia omnes vulgi captare applausus cupiunt

     since everyone desires to obtain the applauses of the common people

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	applausus	applausūs
Genitive	applausūs	applausuum
Dative	applausuī	applausibus
Accusative	applausum	applausūs
Ablative	applausū	applausibus
Vocative	applausus	applausūs

Descendants

• English: applause
• Italian: applauso
• Portuguese: aplauso
• Spanish: aplauso

References

• applausŭs² in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “146/1”
• “applausus” on page 152/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)

Etymology 2

Participle

applausus (feminine applausa, neuter applausum); first/second-declension participle

1. stricken upon, clapped together

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	applausus	applausa	applausum		applausī	applausae	applausa
Genitive	applausī	applausae	applausī		applausōrum	applausārum	applausōrum
Dative	applausō		applausō		applausīs
Accusative	applausum	applausam	applausum		applausōs	applausās	applausa
Ablative	applausō	applausā	applausō		applausīs
Vocative	applause	applausa	applausum		applausī	applausae	applausa

References

• “applausus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• applausus¹ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “146/1”