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plaudo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of plaudere

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Etymology

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From Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d- (to clap the hands), from *pleh₂-u-h₂- (palm of the hand), from *pleh₂- (flat). Related to plautus (trod flat); see there for more cognates.[1]

Older theories derived the word from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, the same root of Latin plēctō (to braid), plangō (to strike), plaga (plague, wound) and Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō, to strike). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Pronunciation

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Verb

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plaudō (present infinitive plaudere, perfect active plausī, supine plausum); third conjugation

  1. to strike, beat, clap
  2. to applaud; to clap one's hands in token of approbation
    • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon :
      Nunc, spectātōrēs, Iovis summī causā clārē plaudīte
      Now, spectators, for the sake of almighty Jove, applaud
      • Now, oh onlookers, clap ye your hands rapturously for Jupiter’s, the Most High’s, sake!
  3. to approve
  4. to strike hands to complete a bargain
  5. (poetic, of wings) to beat, flap

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References

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  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “plaudō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 470-1

Further reading

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  • 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)
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