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ap-plaudo (post-class. applōdo ）, (adp- , Ritschl, Fleck., Müll.; app- , Merk.), si, sum, 3, v. a.
I. To strike one thing upon another, to clap: “cavis applauso corpore palmis,” Ov. M. 4, 352: “adplauso tela sonat latere,” Tib. 2, 1, 66; so Sil. 16, 357: “ovum applosum ad terram,” Spart. Get. 3; so Lampr. Elog. 6: terrae (dat.), App. M. 6, p. 184, 34; 9, p. 236, 21.—
II. Trop., to clap the hands in approbation, to applaud: “sacerdotes applaudebant manibus suis,” Vulg. Jer. 5, 31: “adplaudere atque adprobare fabulam,” Plaut. Ps. 5, 2, 33: “nobis clare adplaudite,” id. Men. 5, 9, 100: “agite, adplaudamus,” id. Pers. 5, 2, 13: cui generi civium maxime adplaudatur? * Cic. Sest. 54, where B. and K. read plaudatur.
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.

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  • Cross-references in general dictionaries from this page (6):
    • Cicero, For Sestius, 54
    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 4.352
    • Plautus, Menaechmi, 5.9
    • Old Testament, Jeremiah, 5.31
    • Plautus, Persa, 5.2
    • Plautus, Pseudolus, 5.2
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