plaudo
Italian
Verb
plaudo
- first-person singular present indicative of plaudire
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) IPA(key): /ˈplau̯.doː/, [ˈpɫau̯.doː]
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.
- I approve.
- I strike hands to complete a bargain.
- (poetic, of wings) I beat, flap.
Inflection
Derived terms
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, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to applaud, clap a person: plaudere (not applaudere)
- to applaud, clap a person: plaudere (not applaudere)
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