plangor

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.ɡor/, [ˈpɫ̪äŋɡɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈplan.ɡor/, [ˈpläŋɡor]

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

Related terms

• plangimōnium
• plangō

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.