plango

Latin

Etymology

    From Proto-Italic *plāngō, from Proto-Indo-European *pleh₂k-, *pleh₂g- (“to strike”).[1]

    Cognate with Latin plēctō (“to punish, to beat; to blame”), 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 voice 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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