plaudo

Italian

Verb

plaudo

  1. first-person singular present indicative of plaudere

Anagrams

Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

Perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, the same root of Latin plēctō, plangō, plaga and Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō).

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

Verb

plaudō (present infinitive plaudere, perfect active plausī, supine plausum); third conjugation

  1. I strike, beat, clap.
  2. I applaud; I clap my hands in token of approbation.
    • c. 190 BCE – 185 BCE, Plautus, Amphitryon :
      Nunc, spectatores, Iovis summi causa clare plaudite
      Now, spectators, for the sake of almighty Jove, applaud
  3. I approve.
  4. I strike hands to complete a bargain.
  5. (poetic, of wings) I 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

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