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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, 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.
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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (16):
    • Cicero, Letters to Atticus, 16.2.3
    • Cicero, Letters to his brother Quintus, 2.4.1
    • Old Testament, Proverbs, 17.18
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 14.507
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 2.866
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 6.97
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 8.238
    • Plautus, Rudens, 4.7
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 5.515
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 6.644
    • Horace, Satires, 1.1.66
    • Horace, Ars Poetica, 155
    • Pliny the Younger, Epistulae, 9.14
    • Quintilian, Institutio Oratoria, Book 6, 1.52
    • Statius, Thebias, 7
    • Statius, Silvae, 1.3
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