plausus Latin · revision 31186

+ {{infobox|confidence=probable|formation=derivation|attested=c. 235–200 BC, Naevius|origins=ine-pro *plh₂-u-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [ˈpɫau̯.sʊs]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [ˈplaːu̯.sus]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''plausus''' ''m'' (genitive plausūs); fourth declension^(Wiktionary)

+ Macrobius has the spelling ''plōsus'', and the Theodosian Code a second-declension ''plausus, -ī''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[m|la|plaudō|t=to clap]] with the noun suffix [[m|la|-tus]].^(OLD 2012)^(TLL)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan derives ⟨plaudō⟩ from [[itc-pro|*plaude-|t=to clap the hands]] and [[ine-pro|*plh₂-u-|t=palm of the hand, sole of the foot]]; he thinks the diphthong /au/ older than the variant /oː/.^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Naevius is its first author,^(Köbler 2010) with “what I have approved here in the theatre with my applause”.^(OLD 2012) Ennius has ''plausū cava concutit ungula terram'', “the hollow hoof shakes the ground with its beat”.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is the striking of the palm of the hand or another flat surface, a clap or beat, as Ennius' hoof and the beating of wings.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) Above all it is the clapping of hands in applause, and by metonymy the person applauded, and also approval, as Cicero's men “who seek neither applause nor gain”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ Church Latin glosses it “applause”.^(Stelten 1995)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius of applause in the theatre.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius of the beat of a hoof.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero of approval.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A clap, beat; the flapping (of wings).^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)

+ # [[m|en|applause|alt=Applause]], clapping;^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995) ''(metonymy)'' the object of applause.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(Stelten 1995)

+ # [[m|en|approval|alt=Approval]].^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[plaudō]]

+ * [[applausus]]

+ * [[explōdō]]

+ * [[en|plausible]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}