planctus

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Etymology

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Latin

Noun

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planctus (plural plancti)

  1. A lament or dirge, a popular literary form in the Middle Ages.

Latin

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Etymology 1

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Perfect passive participle of plangō.

Participle

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plānctus (feminine plāncta, neuter plānctum); first/second-declension participle

  1. (chiefly Late Latin, rare) bewailed, lamented, mourned
    • c. 27 CE – 66 CE, Petronius, Satyricon 42.6:
      Plānctus est optimē – manumīsit aliquot – etiam sī malignē illum plōrāvit uxor
      He got a first-class bewailing - he freed some servants; even though his wife only shed a few stingy tears for him.
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative plānctus plāncta plānctum plānctī plānctae plāncta
Genitive plānctī plānctae plānctī plānctōrum plānctārum plānctōrum
Dative plānctō plānctō plānctīs
Accusative plānctum plānctam plānctum plānctōs plānctās plāncta
Ablative plānctō plānctā plānctō plānctīs
Vocative plāncte plāncta plānctum plānctī plānctae plāncta

Etymology 2

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plangō +‎ -tus (action noun suffix).

Noun

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plānctus m (genitive plānctūs); fourth declension

  1. a noisy beating, striking, slapping
  2. a wailing, loud mourning, lamentation
Declension
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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative plānctus plānctūs
Genitive plānctūs plānctuum
Dative plānctuī plānctibus
Accusative plānctum plānctūs
Ablative plānctū plānctibus
Vocative plānctus plānctūs
Descendants
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Further reading

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  • planctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • planctus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • planctus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • planctus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.