plaudo

Italian

Verb

plaudo

1. first-person singular present indicative of plaudere

Anagrams

• paludo

Latin

Alternative forms

• plōdō

Etymology

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.

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”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈplau̯.doː/, [ˈpɫ̪äu̯d̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplau̯.do/, [ˈpläːu̯d̪o]

Verb

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of plaudō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	plaudō	plaudis	plaudit	plaudimus	plauditis	plaudunt
	imperfect	plaudēbam	plaudēbās	plaudēbat	plaudēbāmus	plaudēbātis	plaudēbant
	future	plaudam	plaudēs	plaudet	plaudēmus	plaudētis	plaudent
	perfect	plausī	plausistī	plausit	plausimus	plausistis	plausērunt, plausēre
	pluperfect	plauseram	plauserās	plauserat	plauserāmus	plauserātis	plauserant
	future perfect	plauserō	plauseris	plauserit	plauserimus	plauseritis	plauserint
passive	present	plaudor	plauderis, plaudere	plauditur	plaudimur	plaudiminī	plauduntur
	imperfect	plaudēbar	plaudēbāris, plaudēbāre	plaudēbātur	plaudēbāmur	plaudēbāminī	plaudēbantur
	future	plaudar	plaudēris, plaudēre	plaudētur	plaudēmur	plaudēminī	plaudentur
	perfect	plausus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	plausus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	plausus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	plaudam	plaudās	plaudat	plaudāmus	plaudātis	plaudant
	imperfect	plauderem	plauderēs	plauderet	plauderēmus	plauderētis	plauderent
	perfect	plauserim	plauserīs	plauserit	plauserīmus	plauserītis	plauserint
	pluperfect	plausissem	plausissēs	plausisset	plausissēmus	plausissētis	plausissent
passive	present	plaudar	plaudāris, plaudāre	plaudātur	plaudāmur	plaudāminī	plaudantur
	imperfect	plauderer	plauderēris, plauderēre	plauderētur	plauderēmur	plauderēminī	plauderentur
	perfect	plausus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	plausus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	plaude	—	—	plaudite	—
	future	—	plauditō	plauditō	—	plauditōte	plauduntō
passive	present	—	plaudere	—	—	plaudiminī	—
	future	—	plauditor	plauditor	—	—	plauduntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		plaudere	plausisse	plausūrum esse	plaudī	plausum esse	plausum īrī
participles		plaudēns	—	plausūrus	—	plausus	plaudendus, plaudundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		plaudendī	plaudendō	plaudendum	plaudendō	plausum	plausū

Derived terms

• applaudō/applōdō
• complaudō/complōdō
• displōdō
• explaudō/explōdō
• implaudō/implōdō
• plausibilis
• plausibiliter
• plausilis
• plausiō
• plausitō
• plausor
• plausus
• replaudō
• supplaudō/supplōdō
• superplaudō

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^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to applaud, clap a person: plaudere (not applaudere)