Plaudo, plaudis, plausi, plausum, pláudere. C. To reioice with countenannce: to clappe the handes togither for ioy.Qui non manibus clarè, quantÛ poterit, plauserit, &c. Plau. His in theatro plaudebatur.Cic.Pennis plausit perdix. Oui. The partrich clappeth with hir wings.Ciconia sibi plaudit crepitante rostro.Ouid.Pedibus plaudunt choreas.Virg.They daunce.Aquas plaudere natatu. Sta. To clay % water in swimming.Plaudere sibi. Pli. iun. To flatter or please himseife.Domi sibi plaudere. Horat. To flatter and reioice himfelfe at home. Plaudite, verbum addi solitum in fine ComœdiarÛ. Qui. Plaudere aliquem.Stat.With clapping the hands to shew they do allowe and praise one. Plaudere equum.Stat.To encourage an horse with clapping.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
plaudo (plōdo, Varr. ap. Non. 478, 5, and Quint. 6, 1, 52), si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.I.Act., to clap, strike, beat any thing (poet.; cf. plango), Verg. Cir. 179: pectora manu, Ov. M. 2, 866: clipeum pectore, Stat. Th. 7, 134: aquas, id. S. 1, 3, 74: choreas pedibus,
to execute a choral dance
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stamping with the feet
, Verg. A. 6, 644: plausis alis, Ov. M. 14, 507; 14, 577.—II.Neutr., to clap, strike, beat (of two bodies striking together). A. In gen. (poet. and in postAug. prose): alis Plaudentem figit sub nube columbam, Verg. A. 5, 515: pennis,
with her wings
, Ov. M. 8, 238: rostro, id. ib. 6, 97. —Absol.: aversas inter se manus collide, non plaudent, Sen. Q. N. 2, 28.—B. In partic. 1.To clap the hands in token of approbation, to applaud, clap (class.): manus suas in plaudendo consumere, Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3: huic ita plausum est, ut salvā re publicā Pompeio plaudi solebat, id. ib. 2, 19, 3.—In the theatre, at the close of the piece: nunc, spectatores, Jovis summi causā clare plaudite, Plaut. Am. fin.; id. Ep. fin.; cf.: usque Sessuri, donec cantor, vos plaudite, dicat, Hor. A. P. 155; and: cum ventum est ad ipsum illud. quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plodite, Quint. 6, 1, 52 Spald. N. cr.; cf. also: manibus clare, Plaut. Cas. fin.: spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier, id. Rud. 4, 7, 24: in aliquem, to express disapprobation of any one by clapping, pounding, stamping, i. e. to hiss him off, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.—2.Transf., in gen., to express approbation, to approve, applaud: plaudit sepultis, Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 88: dis hominibusque plaudentibus, Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 3, 157: funus, id. 1, 146: sibi, to applaud one's self, to be satisfied or well contented with one's self: populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi, Hor. S. 1, 1, 66: nec ipse tibi plaudis, Plin. Ep. 9, 14.—3.To strike hands in completing a bargain: stultus homo plaudet manibus, Vulg. Prov. 17, 18. plaumŏrātum, i, n. (Rætian), akind of plough, Plin. 18, 18, 48, 172; v. Sillig ad h. 1.