applausus
Latin edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /apˈplau̯.sus/, [äpˈpɫ̪äu̯s̠ʊs̠]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /apˈplau̯.sus/, [äpˈpläːu̯sus]
Etymology 1 edit
From applaudō (“I clap, I applaud”) + -tus (action noun-forming suffix).
Noun edit
applausus m (genitive applausūs); fourth declension
- a clapping, flapping, or beating together of wings
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Statius to this entry?)
- (Late Latin) clapping, applause
- 1677, Baruch Spinoza, Ethica pars IV. LVIII:
- quia omnes vulgi captare applausus cupiunt
- since everyone desires to obtain the applauses of the common people
- quia omnes vulgi captare applausus cupiunt
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Julius Firmicus Maternus to this entry?)
Declension edit
Fourth-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | applausus | applausūs |
Genitive | applausūs | applausuum |
Dative | applausuī | applausibus |
Accusative | applausum | applausūs |
Ablative | applausū | applausibus |
Vocative | applausus | applausūs |
Descendants edit
References edit
- applausŭs² in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “146/1”
- “applausus” on page 152/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
Etymology 2 edit
Participle edit
applausus (feminine applausa, neuter applausum); first/second-declension participle
Declension edit
First/second-declension adjective.
Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
Nominative | applausus | applausa | applausum | applausī | applausae | applausa | |
Genitive | applausī | applausae | applausī | applausōrum | applausārum | applausōrum | |
Dative | applausō | applausō | applausīs | ||||
Accusative | applausum | applausam | applausum | applausōs | applausās | applausa | |
Ablative | applausō | applausā | applausō | applausīs | |||
Vocative | applause | applausa | applausum | applausī | applausae | applausa |
References edit
- “applausus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- applausus¹ in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.: “146/1”