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.
Plausus, huius plausus, m. g. Ci. The consent or allowing of the people with clapping or other noise.Quum cuncto consessu plausus esset multiplex datus. Ci, Laterum plausus. Plin. Clapping of the wings in cocks before they crowe.Plangor & plausus, contraria.Cic.Sorrowfull knocking of the breast, and ioyful clapping of the handes.Plausus & approbatio aliquorum. Cice. Populi plausus.Ouid.Ambitiosus in plausus.Ouid.Destrous to haue praise.Aequabilis plausus, Vide ÆQVO, æquas.Clarus plausus, Vide CLARVS.Lætifici plausus Stat.Mortuus plausus. Cicero. A little clapping or reioicing that may scant be heard. Plausus acuunt equu. Stat.Clapping doth encourage or quicken an horse.Aflectare plausum. Quint. To desire praise.Lætos attollunt agmina plausus.Stat.The armie clappeth aloude with greate ioye.Captare plausus. Cicero. To seeke to be praised: or to doe a thing to be praised.Comprobare plausu & clamore aliquid. Ci. To allow with shouting and clapping of the handes.Consonat nemus plausu fremitu que virûm.Virg.Dat plausum pennis columba. Virgil. The culuer clappeth with hir wings.Dare plausum in theatro. Hora. To clap with the hands: to praise or allowe.Excipere aliquem plausu. Vir. To clappe ioyoussy with the handes at ones comming.Exciratus est ex omnibus spectaculis plausus tantus, vt, &c.Cic.Impertire plausus alicui.Cic.To clap in reioicing at ones doing or comming.Ingeminant plausum Tyrij.Virg.Persequi plausu furores alicuius.Cic.With reioicing to allowe ones furious doings.Petere plausum. Quint. Quærere vel captare plausum, Cic.To seeke to be praised.Resonant spectacula plausu.Ouid.Sonat æther plausibus.Stat.Ingenti sonuerunt omnia plausu.Virg.
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.