LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinefourth declension

plānctus

plānctus m (genitive plānctūs)

Meaning

  1. a noisy beating, striking, slapping
  2. a wailing, loud mourning, lamentation
  3. a specific type of song or poem, popular in medieval Europe, expressing mourning or lamentation

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Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeplānctusplānctūs
genitiveplānctūsplānctuum
dativeplānctuīplānctibus
accusativeplānctumplānctūs
ablativeplānctūplānctibus
vocativeplānctusplānctūs

planctus, ūs, m. plango.
I. In gen., a striking or beating accompanied by a loud noise, a banging, rustling, roaring (postAug. and mostly poet.): unum omnes incessere planctibus, of the flappings of the Harpies' wings, Val. Fl. 4, 494: tremuit perterritus aether Planctibus insolitis, Petr. 136: planctus illisae cautibus undae, of the roaring of the waves, Luc. 6, 690.—
II. In partic., a beating of the breast, arms, and face in mourning; a wailing, lamentation, lament (syn.: plangor, lamentum, ploratus): clamor barbaro ululatu planctuque permixtus, Curt. 3, 12, 3: lamentis et planctibus tota regia personabat, id. 10, 5, 7; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 6, 2; Val. Max. 2, 6, 7; Sen. Troad. 92: pectora illiso sonent Contusa planctu, id. Thyest. 1045: verberabam aegrum planctibus pectus, Petr. 81; Luc. 2, 23: gemitus ac planctus, groans and lamentations, Tac. A. 1, 41; Flor. 4, 1 med.: et factus est planctus magnus in Israel, Vulg. 1 Macc. 1, 26 et saep.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pel-
  2. Latinplānctus

Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂-n-g-e-tider. Proto-Italic *plāngō Latin plangō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin plānctus From plangō + -tus (action noun suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalanplant
  • Englishplaint
  • Frenchplainte
  • Italianpianto
  • Occitanplancha
  • Portuguesepranto
  • Sardinianpiantu
  • Sardinianprantu
  • Spanishllanto
  • Spanishplanto

Quick answers

What does plānctus mean in Latin?
plānctus, a noun, means “a noisy beating, striking, slapping; a wailing, loud mourning, lamentation; a specific type of song or poem, popular in medieval Europe, expressing mourning or lamentation”.
What is the genitive of plānctus?
The genitive singular is plānctūs. plānctus is masculine, fourth declension.
Where does plānctus come from?
Proto-Indo-European *pel- → Latin plānctus.