plaudo

== Italian == === Verb === plaudo first-person singular present indicative of plaudere === Anagrams === paludo == Latin == === Alternative forms === plōdō === Etymology === 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”). (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?) === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpɫau̯.doː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈplaːu̯.do] === Verb === plaudō (present infinitive plaudere, perfect active plausī, supine plausum); third conjugation to strike, beat, clap to applaud; to clap one's hands in token of approbation to approve to strike hands to complete a bargain (poetic, of wings) to beat, flap ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “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.