applausus

== Latin == === Alternative forms === adplausus applōsus (post-Classical) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [apˈpɫau̯.sʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [apˈplaːu̯.sus] === Etymology 1 === From applaudō (“I clap, I applaud”) +‎ -tus (action noun-forming suffix). ==== Noun ==== 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 (Can we find and add a quotation of Julius Firmicus Maternus to this entry?) ===== Declension ===== Fourth-declension noun. ===== Descendants ===== → English: applause Italian: applauso → Portuguese: aplauso → Spanish: aplauso ==== References ==== “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 === ==== Participle ==== applausus (feminine applausa, neuter applausum); first/second-declension participle stricken upon, clapped together ===== Declension ===== First/second-declension adjective. ==== References ==== “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”