plango

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Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *plāngō, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to strike”).

Cognate with Latin plēctō, Ancient Greek πλήσσω (plḗssō), Old Church Slavonic плакати (plakati), Dutch vloeken.

Pronunciation

Verb

plangō (present infinitive plangere, perfect active plānxī, supine plānctum); third conjugation

  1. to strike, beat, flap (repeatedly or with a noise)
  2. (also mediopassive or with sē) to beat the breast etc. as a sign of grief, desperation, fury
  3. (transitive) to bewail, lament for
    Synonyms: dēplōrō, ingemō, lūgeō, gemō, queror, conqueror, plōrō, fleō

Conjugation

   Conjugation of plangō (third conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present plangō plangis plangit plangimus plangitis plangunt
imperfect plangēbam plangēbās plangēbat plangēbāmus plangēbātis plangēbant
future plangam plangēs planget plangēmus plangētis plangent
perfect plānxī plānxistī plānxit plānximus plānxistis plānxērunt,
plānxēre
pluperfect plānxeram plānxerās plānxerat plānxerāmus plānxerātis plānxerant
future perfect plānxerō plānxeris plānxerit plānxerimus plānxeritis plānxerint
passive present plangor plangeris,
plangere 		plangitur plangimur plangiminī planguntur
imperfect plangēbar plangēbāris,
plangēbāre 		plangēbātur plangēbāmur plangēbāminī plangēbantur
future plangar plangēris,
plangēre 		plangētur plangēmur plangēminī plangentur
perfect plānctus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect plānctus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect plānctus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present plangam plangās plangat plangāmus plangātis plangant
imperfect plangerem plangerēs plangeret plangerēmus plangerētis plangerent
perfect plānxerim plānxerīs plānxerit plānxerīmus plānxerītis plānxerint
pluperfect plānxissem plānxissēs plānxisset plānxissēmus plānxissētis plānxissent
passive present plangar plangāris,
plangāre 		plangātur plangāmur plangāminī plangantur
imperfect plangerer plangerēris,
plangerēre 		plangerētur plangerēmur plangerēminī plangerentur
perfect plānctus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect plānctus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present — plange — — plangite —
future — plangitō plangitō — plangitōte planguntō
passive present — plangere — — plangiminī —
future — plangitor plangitor — — planguntor
non-finite forms infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present plangere plangī plangēns —
future plānctūrum esse plānctum īrī plānctūrus plangendus,
plangundus
perfect plānxisse plānctum esse — plānctus
future perfect — plānctum fore — —
perfect potential plānctūrum fuisse — — —
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
plangendī plangendō plangendum plangendō plānctum plānctū

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “plangō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 469-70

Further reading

  • “plango”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “plango”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • plango in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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