1.a striking: esp. like Lat. planctus (from plango), a beating of the breast in lamentation, ἔκοψα κομμὸν Ἄριον I lamented with Median lamentation, Aesch.
2.in attic Drama, a wild lament, sung alternately by an actor and the chorus, such as Aesch. Ag. 1072-1185.