planctum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →plango, plangere, planxi, planctus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Frequent
strike, beat; bewail; lament for, mourn;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →planctus, planctus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
wailing, lamentation, lament, beating of the breast; mourning;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples

Liber Sextus
Publius Papinius Statius from THEBAID
"...horrendum pepulere fragorem arma, quater mollem famularum bracchia planctum. semianimas alter pecudes spirantiaque ignis accipit armenta; hic luctus..."Liber IV
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from HISTORIAE
"...iussu magistratuum querebatur; nec finem iniuriae hic stetisse: planctum et lamenta et supremorum imaginem praesenti sibi circumdata..."
