plangor

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Latin

Etymology

From plangō (“to strike, beat; lament”) +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

Noun

plangor m (genitive plangōris); third declension

  1. striking, beating; especially, beating the head and breast as an expression of mourning
  2. grief, loud mourning, wailing, crying
    • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Virgil, Aeneid 4.668:
      resonat magnīs plangōribus aether
      heaven resounds with loud grief
      (The people of Carthage grieve for Dido: The full meaning in-context probably includes the sounds of the first definition.)

Declension

Third-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative plangor plangōrēs
genitive plangōris plangōrum
dative plangōrī plangōribus
accusative plangōrem plangōrēs
ablative plangōre plangōribus
vocative plangor plangōrēs

References

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