noun · masculinethird declension
plangor
plangor m (genitive plangōris)
Classical[ˈpɫaŋ.ɡɔr]Ecclesiastical[ˈplaŋ.ɡor]
Meaning
- masculinestriking, beating; especially, beating the head and breast as an expression of mourning
- masculinegrief, loud mourning, wailing, crying
resonat magnīs plangōribus aether
heaven resounds with loud grief (The people of Carthage grieve for Dido: The full meaning in-context probably includes the sounds of the first definition.)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.668
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sonus pectoris pulsātīplangor -ōris (m) — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 5, 8, 9, 23
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | plangor | plangōrēs |
| genitive | plangōris | plangōrum |
| dative | plangōrī | plangōribus |
| accusative | plangōrem | plangōrēs |
| ablative | plangōre | plangōribus |
| vocative | plangor | plangōrēs |
plangor, ōris, m. plango,
I. a striking, beating, attended with noise.
I. In gen. (poet.):
(undae) leni resonant plangore cachinni, Cat. 64, 272: feminis, Auct. Her. 3, 15; Ov. M. 3, 498.—II. In partic., a beating the breast or face in token of grief; loud mourning, wailing, lamentation (class.):
plangore et lamentatione complere forum, Cic. Or. 38, 131: feminei, Verg. A. 2, 487: dare plangorem, to make, Ov. M. 14, 421: percutit claro plangore lacertos, id. ib 4, 138: caesis plangore lacertis, id. ib. 6, 532.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
plangor ōris, m
plango, a striking, beating : (Echo) reddebat sonitum plangoris eundem, O.— A beating of the breast in sorrow, wailing, lamentation : populi: plangores Feminei, V.: caesis plangore lacertis, O.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-
- Latinplangor
Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂-n-g-e-tider. Proto-Italic *plāngō Latin plangō Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin plangor From plangō (“to strike, beat; lament”) + -or.