verbthird conjugation
plaudō
plaudō (present infinitive plaudere, perfect active plausī, supine plausum)
Classical[ˈpɫau̯.doː]Ecclesiastical[ˈplaːu̯.do]
Mille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- to strike, beat, clap
- to applaud; to clap one's hands in token of approbation
Nunc, spectātōrēs, Iovis summī causā clārē plaudīte.
Now, spectators, for the sake of almighty Jove, applaud loudly.c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitruo(The final spoken word of the play) Plaudite!
Applaud!166 BCE, Publius Terentius Afer, Andria 981 - to approve
- to strike hands to complete a bargain
- poeticto beat, flap
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
manibus sonum laetum faciō; quibus fābula placet, plaudunt.plaudō -ere plausī — in Mille Verba, ch. Lūdī et Ōtium
sonō probānsplaudō -ere — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 9
palmā leviter pulsōplaudō -ere — in Metamorphoses I, ch. 6
Conjugation conjugation 3
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | plaudō | plaudēbam | plaudam | plausī | plauseram | plauserō |
| 2nd sg. | plaudis | plaudēbās | plaudēs | plausistī | plauserās | plauseris |
| 3rd sg. | plaudit | plaudēbat | plaudet | plausit | plauserat | plauserit |
| 1st pl. | plaudimus | plaudēbāmus | plaudēmus | plausimus | plauserāmus | plauserimus |
| 2nd pl. | plauditis | plaudēbātis | plaudētis | plausistis | plauserātis | plauseritis |
| 3rd pl. | plaudunt | plaudēbant | plaudent | plausērunt plausēre | plauserant | plauserint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | plaudam | plauderem | plauserim | plausissem |
| 2nd sg. | plaudās | plauderēs | plauserīs | plausissēs |
| 3rd sg. | plaudat | plauderet | plauserit | plausisset |
| 1st pl. | plaudāmus | plauderēmus | plauserīmus | plausissēmus |
| 2nd pl. | plaudātis | plauderētis | plauserītis | plausissētis |
| 3rd pl. | plaudant | plauderent | plauserint | plausissent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | plaudor | plaudēbar | plaudar |
| 2nd sg. | plauderis plaudere | plaudēbāris plaudēbāre | plaudēris plaudēre |
| 3rd sg. | plauditur | plaudēbātur | plaudētur |
| 1st pl. | plaudimur | plaudēbāmur | plaudēmur |
| 2nd pl. | plaudiminī | plaudēbāminī | plaudēminī |
| 3rd pl. | plauduntur | plaudēbantur | plaudentur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | plaudar | plauderer |
| 2nd sg. | plaudāris plaudāre | plauderēris plauderēre |
| 3rd sg. | plaudātur | plauderētur |
| 1st pl. | plaudāmur | plauderēmur |
| 2nd pl. | plaudāminī | plauderēminī |
| 3rd pl. | plaudantur | plauderentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | plaude | plaudere |
| pres. 2nd pl. | plaudite | plaudiminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | plauditō | plauditor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | plauditō | plauditor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | plauditōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | plauduntō | plauduntor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | plaudere | plaudī |
| perfect infinitive | plausisse | plausum esse |
| future infinitive | plausūrum esse | plausum īrī |
| present participle | plaudēns | — |
| perfect participle | — | plausus plausa, plausā, plausae, plausam, plausārum, plausās, plause, plausīs, plausō, plausōrum, plausōs |
| future participle | plausūrus plausūra, plausūrā, plausūrae, plausūram, plausūrārum, plausūrās, plausūre, plausūrī, plausūrīs, plausūrō, plausūrōrum, plausūrōs, plausūrum | plaudendus plaudundus, plaudenda, plaudendā, plaudendae, plaudendam, plaudendārum, plaudendās, plaudende, plaudendīs, plaudendōrum, plaudendōs |
gerundplaudendī, plaudendō, plaudendumsupineplausum, plausū
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- plausum dare (alicui)
- to applaud, clap a person.
- plaudere (not applaudere)
- to applaud, clap a person.
plaudo (plōdo, Varr. ap. Non. 478, 5, and Quint. 6, 1, 52), si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.
I. Act., to clap, strike, beat any thing (poet.; cf.
plango), Verg. Cir. 179: pectora manu, Ov. M. 2, 866: clipeum pectore, Stat. Th. 7, 134: aquas, id. S. 1, 3, 74: choreas pedibus, to execute a choral dance, stamping with the feet, Verg. A. 6, 644: plausis alis, Ov. M. 14, 507; 14, 577.—II. Neutr., to clap, strike, beat (of two bodies striking together).
A. In gen. (poet. and in postAug. prose):
alis Plaudentem figit sub nube columbam, Verg. A. 5, 515: pennis, with her wings, Ov. M. 8, 238: rostro, id. ib. 6, 97. —Absol.: aversas inter se manus collide, non plaudent, Sen. Q. N. 2, 28.—B. In partic.
1. To clap the hands in token of approbation, to applaud, clap (class.):
manus suas in plaudendo consumere, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3: huic ita plausum est, ut salvā re publicā Pompeio plaudi solebat, id. ib. 2, 19, 3.—In the theatre, at the close of the piece: nunc, spectatores, Jovis summi causā clare plaudite, Plaut. Am. fin.; id. Ep. fin.; cf.: usque Sessuri, donec cantor, vos plaudite, dicat, Hor. A. P. 155; and: cum ventum est ad ipsum illud. quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plodite, Quint. 6, 1, 52 Spald. N. cr.; cf. also: manibus clare, Plaut. Cas. fin.: spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier, id. Rud. 4, 7, 24: in aliquem, to express disapprobation of any one by clapping, pounding, stamping, i. e. to hiss him off, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.—2. Transf., in gen., to express approbation, to approve, applaud:
plaudit sepultis, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 88: dis hominibusque plaudentibus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 3, 157: funus, id. 1, 146: sibi, to applaud one's self, to be satisfied or well contented with one's self: populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi, Hor. S. 1, 1, 66: nec ipse tibi plaudis, Plin. Ep. 9, 14.—3. To strike hands in completing a bargain:
stultus homo plaudet manibus, Vulg. Prov. 17, 18.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
plaudō sī, sus, ere,
to clap, strike, beat: alis Plaudens columba, with her wings, V.: pennis, O.: pectora manu, O.: pedibus choreas, i. e. keep time in the choral dance, V.: plausis alis, fluttered, O. —To clap the hands in approval, applaud: manūs suas in plaudendo consumere: donec cantor, vos plaudite, dicat, i. e. to the end, H.: huic ita plausum est, ut salvā re p. Pompeio plaudi solebat: his in theatro plaudebatur, they were applauded.— To express approbation, approve, applaud, praise: dis hominibusque plaudentibus: mihi plaudo Ipse domi, H.: plaudendum funus, Iu.
Origins
- Proto-Indo-European*pleth₂-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pel-?
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-u-h₂-
- Proto-Indo-European*pleh₂-u-d-
- Latinplaudō
Inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂-u-d- (“to clap the hands”), from *pleh₂-u-h₂- (“palm of the hand”), from *pleh₂- (“flat”), possibly from *pleth₂- or *pel-. Related to plautus (“trod flat”); see there for more cognates. 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”).
In English words that came into English from plaudō
- explodeexplōdō
- explosiveexplosus
- applaudapplaudere
- applauseapplausus
- plausibleplausibilis
- plauditplaudite
- applausiveapplaudō
- plausiveplausus