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planctus
planctus
English
Noun
planctus (plural plancti)
- A lament or dirge, a popular literary form in the Middle Ages.
Latin
Etymology
Perfect passive participle of plangō.
Participle
planctus m (feminine plancta, neuter planctum); first/second declension
Inflection
First/second declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter | |
| nominative | planctus | plancta | planctum | planctī | planctae | plancta | |
| genitive | planctī | planctae | planctī | planctōrum | planctārum | planctōrum | |
| dative | planctō | planctō | planctīs | ||||
| accusative | planctum | planctam | planctum | planctōs | planctās | plancta | |
| ablative | planctō | planctā | planctō | planctīs | |||
| vocative | plancte | plancta | planctum | planctī | planctae | plancta | |
Descendants
Noun
planctus m (genitive planctūs); fourth declension
- beating or striking especially of ones breasts
- wailing, lamentation
Inflection
Fourth declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | planctus | planctūs |
| genitive | planctūs | planctuum |
| dative | planctuī | planctibus |
| accusative | planctum | planctūs |
| ablative | planctū | planctibus |
| vocative | planctus | planctūs |
Descendants
References
- planctus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- planctus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- PLANCTUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “planctus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.