plangor

Latin

Etymology

From plangō (“to strike, beat; lament”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.ɡor/, [ˈpɫ̪äŋɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.ɡor/, [ˈpläŋɡor]

Noun

plangor m (genitive plangōris); third declension

1. striking, beating
2. grief, loud mourning, wailing

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	plangor	plangōrēs
Genitive	plangōris	plangōrum
Dative	plangōrī	plangōribus
Accusative	plangōrem	plangōrēs
Ablative	plangōre	plangōribus
Vocative	plangor	plangōrēs

Related terms

• plangimōnium
• plangō

References

• “plangor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “plangor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• plangor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.