plaudo, plaudere, plausi, plausus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
clap, strike (w/flat hand), pat; beat (wings); applaud; express (dis)approval;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | plaudo | plaudimus |
| 2 | plaudis | plauditis |
| 3 | plaudit | plaudunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | plaudere |
| active | perfect | plausisse |
| passive | present | plaudi |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | plaude | plaudite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | plaudito | plauditote |
| 3 | plaudito | plaudunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | plaudere | plaudimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | plauditor | — |
| 3 | plauditor | plauduntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | plausus | plausi |
| Gen. | plausi | plausorum |
| Dat. | plauso | — |
| Acc. | plausum | plausos |
| Voc. | plause | plausi |
| Abl. | plauso | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | plausa | plausae |
| Gen. | plausae | plausarum |
| Dat. | plausae | — |
| Acc. | plausam | plausas |
| Voc. | plausa | plausae |
| Abl. | plausa | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | plausum | plausa |
| Gen. | plausi | plausorum |
| Dat. | plauso | — |
| Acc. | plausum | plausa |
| Voc. | plausum | plausa |
| Abl. | plauso | — |
Supines
accusative: plausum; ablative: plausu
Examples
Mostellaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...PHILOL. Lepide dictum de atramento atque ebore. euge, plaudo Scaphae. PHILEM. Tum tu igitur cedo purpurissum..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...voces sic solitus: 'populus me sibilat, at mihi plaudo ipse domi, simul ac nummos contemplor in arca.' Tantalus..."