To clap the hands in token of approbation

plaudo ( plōdo, Varr. ap. Non. 478, 5, and Quint. 6, 1, 52), si, sum, 3, v. a. and n.

Act., to clap, strike, beat any thing ( poet.; cf.

plango),

Verg. Cir. 179:

pectora manu,

Ov. M. 2, 866:

clipeum pectore,

Stat. Th. 7, 134:

aquas,

id. S. 1, 3, 74:

choreas pedibus,

to execute a choral dance, stamping with the feet, Verg. A. 6, 644:

plausis alis,

Ov. M. 14, 507; 14, 577.—

Neutr., to clap, strike, beat (of two bodies striking together).

In gen. ( poet. and in postAug. prose):

alis Plaudentem figit sub nube columbam,

Verg. A. 5, 515:

pennis,

with her wings, Ov. M. 8, 238:

rostro,

id. ib. 6, 97. — Absol.:

aversas inter se manus collide, non plaudent,

Sen. Q. N. 2, 28.—

In partic.

To clap the hands in token of approbation, to applaud, clap (class.):

manus suas in plaudendo consumere,

Cic. Att. 16, 2, 3:

huic ita plausum est, ut salvā re publicā Pompeio plaudi solebat,

id. ib. 2, 19, 3.—In the theatre, at the close of the piece: nunc, spectatores, Jovis summi causā clare plaudite, Plaut. Am. fin.; id. Ep. fin.; cf.:

usque Sessuri, donec cantor, vos plaudite, dicat,

Hor. A. P. 155; and:

cum ventum est ad ipsum illud. quo veteres tragoediae comoediaeque clauduntur, Plodite,

Quint. 6, 1, 52 Spald. N. cr.; cf. also: manibus clare, Plaut. Cas. fin.:

spectavi ego pridem comicos ad istum modum Sapienter dicta dicere atque is plaudier,

id. Rud. 4, 7, 24: in aliquem, to express disapprobation of any one by clapping, pounding, stamping, i. e. to hiss him off, Min. Fel. Octav. 14.—

Transf., in gen., to express approbation, to approve, applaud:

plaudit sepultis,

Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 88:

dis hominibusque plaudentibus,

Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 4, 1; Juv. 3, 157:

funus,

id. 1, 146: sibi, to applaud one's self, to be satisfied or well contented with one's self:

populus me sibilat: at mihi plaudo Ipse domi,

Hor. S. 1, 1, 66:

nec ipse tibi plaudis,

Plin. Ep. 9, 14.—

To strike hands in completing a bargain:

stultus homo plaudet manibus,

Vulg. Prov. 17, 18.