flappings

planctus, ūs, m. [plango].

In gen., a striking or beating accompanied by a loud noise, a banging, rustling, roaring (postAug. and mostly poet.): unum omnes incessere planctibus, of the flappings of the Harpies' wings, Val. Fl. 4, 494:

tremuit perterritus aether Planctibus insolitis,

Petr. 136: planctus illisae cautibus undae, of the roaring of the waves, Luc. 6, 690.—

In partic., a beating of the breast, arms, and face in mourning; a wailing, lamentation, lament (syn.:

plangor, lamentum, ploratus): clamor barbaro ululatu planctuque permixtus,

Curt. 3, 12, 3:

lamentis et planctibus tota regia personabat,

id. 10, 5, 7; Sen. Cons. ad Marc. 6, 2; Val. Max. 2, 6, 7; Sen. Troad. 92:

pectora illiso sonent Contusa planctu,

id. Thyest. 1045:

verberabam aegrum planctibus pectus,

Petr. 81; Luc. 2, 23:

gemitus ac planctus,

groans and lamentations, Tac. A. 1, 41; Flor. 4, 1 med.:

et factus est planctus magnus in Israel,

Vulg. 1 Macc. 1, 26 et saep.