PLA 
PLE 
PLE 
- TT Platunus, us, after the fourth 
dec). Virg. in Culic. 
PLATkA ( 7 rXffrtia), <e, f. a broad way in a 
city, a street. Terent. and Cats. — With 
short penult. Horat. and Catull. - 
If Also, a broad place in the house, area, 
court. Lamprid. 
PLATEA, ie, f. the spoonbill; according to 
others, the bittern. Plin. 
PL ATeSSA, a;, f. a kind of flatfish. Anson. 
PLATICe (platicus), es, f. general, com- 
3 pendious, summary instruction, general 
scheme. Jnl. Finnic. 
PLATICe, adv. roughly, cursorily. Jul. 
3 Firmic. 
PLATICbS (as it seems, from wharve, 
3 broad), a, urn, adj. compendious, summa¬ 
ry, general. Jul. Finnic. 
PLATS, or PLAToN, onis, m. TlXarcov, 
aims, Plato, the celebrated philosopher and 
disciple of Socrates. Cic. He taught in 
the gymnasium Academia ; hence, his 
disciples are called Platonici and Acadc- 
mici. -IT Also, an Epicurean. Cic. 
PLAToNICOS, a, um, adj. nAuranu/rdf, 
Platonic, relating or belonging to Plato. 
Plin. Up. 
PLATyCERoS (irXaTvxcpios), otis, having 
2 broad horns, as the buck, elk and rein¬ 
deer. Plin. 
PLATvCORIASIS (irXcirvxoptacns), is, f. 
3 a. disease in horses, when the pupil of the 
eye is unnaturally dilated. Veget. 
PLATyoPMTHALMuS (irXarvoipSaXpos, 
broad-eyed), i, a kind of antimony, so 
called because it enlarges and beauti¬ 
fies the eves. Plin. 
PLATyPHyLLON (nXarvipvXXov), i, n. a 
kind of spurge (tithymalus) with broad 
leaves. Plin. 
PLAUD5 (unc.), is, si,sum, n. and a. 3. 
Intrans. to clap, beat, of two bodies’ 
struck together. Virg. Columbam 
plaudentem alis, with its wings. So, 
Ovid. Perdix plausit pennis. Plant. 
tnanibus, to clap with the hands, for in¬ 
stance, in token of approbation, as at 
the theatre. So, Terent. Plaudite, clap, 
said by an actor at the end of a play. 
Cic. Manus in plaudendo consumere. 
Id. alicui, to clap him. — Hence, figur. to 
give signs of approbation, applaud. Cic. 
Diis hominibusque plaudentibus. So, 
Plaudere sibi, to applaud one’s self, re¬ 
gard one’s self with approbation, be well 
satisfied with one’s self, think complacent¬ 
ly of one’s self. Horat. and Plin. Ep. — 
Also, Senec. Manus plaudunt, the hands 
clap, make a clapping noise. -IT Trans. 
to make to sound by beating or striking, to 
beat, clap, pat, &c. xporio'. Ovid, pec- 
tora (tauri) manu. Virg. telam pecti- 
ne. Ovid. Plausa colla equorum. Virg. 
choreas pedibus, h. e. pede terram pul- 
sando choreas agunt. - IT Also, to 
strike together with a clapping or flapping 
noise. Ovid. alas.-IT For plaudo is 
found, also, plodo. Varr. ap. Non. 
PLAUSIBILTS (plaudo), e, adj. deserving 
to be clapped, worthy of applause, accepta¬ 
ble, pleasing, KportXaSrai a£tny. Cic. 
PLAUSIBILITER (plausibilis), adverb, 
3 with applause. Sidon. Plausibilius. 
PLAUSILTS (plaudo), e, adject, receiv¬ 
ing with clapping of hands, applauding. 
Sidon. 
PLAUSIT5 (frequentat. from plaudo), 
3 as, n. 1. to beat with the wings. Auct. 
Philom. Plausitat arborea damans de 
fronde palumbes (unless this expresses 
the vole of the bird). 
PLAUS5R (plaudo), oris, in. one who claps; 
2 especially, a clapper of the hands in to¬ 
ken of approbation. Horat. -IT Also, 
Plosor. Sidon. 
PLAUSTRARaTUM. See Planara- 
trum. 
PLAUSTRaRIOS (plaustrum), ii, m. a 
3 maker of wagons, dpafmyyds. Lamprid. 
-IT Also, a wagoner, apa^tev;. Pan¬ 
dect. (Some Edd. have plostrariim.) 
PLAUSTRILuCOS (plaustrum & luceo), 
a, ms, adj. shining like Charles’s Wain. 
Martian. Capell. ( Orotius mallet plaus- 
triducis.) 
PLACJSTRTX (plaudo), xcis, f. qute plau¬ 
dit. Non. 
PLAUSTRUM (unc.), i, n. a wagon, wain, 
heavy cart, for carrying corn, wood, &c. 
apn%a, Sxvpa. Cic. Se interfectum in 
plaustrum a caupone esse conjectum, et 
supra stercus injectum, tumbrel, dung- 
cart. Ovid. Stridentia plaustra, creak¬ 
ing wagons. Juvenal. Pinum plaustra 
veliunt. Proverb. Plaut. Perii! plaus¬ 
trum perculi, I have overturned my wag¬ 
on; like our vulgar expression, I have 
upset my apple-cart. -IT Also, a con¬ 
stellation near the north pole, called Ursa 
Major, the Great Bear, or Charles’s Wain. 
Ovid. -IT For plaustrum is found al¬ 
so plostrum, which, as it seems from 
Sucton. Vesp. 22, was in common use. 
Cic., Varr. and Horat. 
PLAUSbS, a, um, particip. from plaudo. 
1’LA US OS (plaudo), us, m. a clapping, 
noise made by the striking of one body 
against another. Virg. Plausum pennis 
dare. Senec. Palma cum palma collata 
plausum facit. Plin. (de apib.) Gaudent 
plausu atque tinnitu a-ris.-IT Also, 
the beating or clapping of one body 
against another. Virg. Ingenti sonue- 
runt omnia plausu, flapping, beating, of 
the wings. Plin. (of cocks) Cantum 
nuntient plausu laterum, by beating their 
sides with their wings. (Comp. Enn. ap. 
Cic. Divin. 2, 26.) — In particular, a 
clapping of hands in token of joy, approba¬ 
tion, Sec. Cic. Maximo ciamore atque 
plausu in Rostris collocatus sum. Qimi- 
til. Admirationem suam non acclama- 
tione tantum, sed etiam plausu confite- 
ri. — Hence, generally, applause. Cic. 
and Horat. 
PLAUTIANOS, a, um. See Plautius. 
PLAUTINOS, a, um. See Plautus. 
PLAUTTOS, or PLoTIOS, a, um, the name 
of a Roman gens.-IT Adj. Plautian, 
Plotian. Cic. lex. -IT Subst. Plau¬ 
tius or Plotius, PJautia or Plotia, a man or 
woman of this gens. Plautius or Plotius, 
a poet. Cic. — Hence, Plautianus or Plo- 
tianus, a, um, adj. belonging to Plauti¬ 
us, Plautian. Gell. fabulie, of the poet 
Plautius. Cic. Bona Plotiana, belong¬ 
ing to a certain Plotius. 
PLAUTOS, i, m. (properly, flat-footed), a 
Roman family name. M. Accius Plau¬ 
tus, a well-known comic poet, who died 
about eighty years before the birth of Cice¬ 
ro. — Hence, Plautlnus, a, um, adj. 
Plautian, pertaining to Plautus. Cic. 
pater, h. e. who is introduced by Plautus , 
in his comedy Trinummi. Ilorat. nu- 
meri et sales. Gell. Plautinissimi ver¬ 
sus, most worthy of Plautus. 
PLeBeCOLA (dimin. from plebs), ee, f. 
the lowest of the common people, the rabble, 
mob, Sypiiiov. Cic. 
PLeBeIOS (plebs), a, um, adj. of the com¬ 
mon people, of the commonalty, plebeian, 
SriporiKds- Cic. fluid tibi venit in 
mentem negare, Papirium quemquam 
unquam, nisi plebeium fuisse ? fuerunt 
enim patricii minorum gentium. Id. 
Sunt amplre et honest® famili® plebeias. 
Liv. Ne, si duos licebit creari patricios 
consules, neminem creetis plebeium, 
li. e. ex plebe. Id. Hanc egoaram Pu- 
dicitife (the goddess) plebeite dedico, 
h. e. plebis. Cic. ludi, certain shows 
which were instituted after the expulsion 
of the kings for the freedom of the com¬ 
monalty, or fur the return of the common¬ 
alty, after the secession to the Aventine 
mount. Absol. Plebeius, a plebeian. 
P/icvdr. — The plebeian order was the 
third in the state.-IT Also, plebeian, 
after the way of the plebeians, and so, 
common, vulgar, low, mean, sorry, sor¬ 
did. Cic. sermo, common way of speak¬ 
ing, such as the common people use. Id. 
Vestitus hac purpura plebeia, ac ptene 
fusca. Id. philosophi. Plin. Plebeia 
vina. Id. gemma. Colum. Plebeii 
sanguinis pulli. 
PLeBeS, ei (contracted, i), f. the common 
people, the old form for plebs. Cic., 
Sallust, and Liv. 
PLeBICOLA (plebs & colo), ffi, ra. one 
who is a worshiper or favorer of the com¬ 
mon people, a friend of the people, irtpori- 
KOf. Cic. 
PLkBiSCiTUM (plebs & scitum), i, n. a 
decree or ordinance of the commonalty, ipfi- 
(j>iopa, %£iporoiu«. Cic. Tt is opposed 
to Sevatusconsultum, for, in regard to de¬ 
crees and ordinances, the people ( popu- 
lus ) were divided into two classes, 
plebs and senatus. A decree of the 
whole people, or, which is the same 
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thing, of the two above-named classes, 
was properly called populi pussum 
Speaking strictly, we say, Senatus ten 
set — Plebs sciscit — Populus jubet 
-IT Plebis settns (of the fourth decl.) 
is found. Vet. decret. ap. Cic. 
PLeBITaS (plebs), atis, f. plebeian con- 
3 dition or rank. Cato ap. Non. 
PLeBS ( 7 rXiT& 05 ), plebis, f. the common 
people or plebeians, nXySos, fa'ipos. Cic. 
Consulem de plebe non accipiebat,/ro»i 
the plebeians. Liv. Dictator de plebe 
dictus. Plin. Plebs urbana vel rustica. 
— Before the times of the Gracchi ( h. e. 
before the Equites were raised above 
the plebeian order), the word plebs em¬ 
braced all the inhabitants of Rome and 
the Roman state, except the senate ; so 
that the Equites were really plebeians: 
accordingly, in Livy, Patres (the senate) 
and Plebs are opposed to each other; 
also, in the same, Populus (A. e. the 
people collectively, including the senate) 
and Plebs. After the Equites had been 
raised to be a separate order, the plebs 
formed the third and lowest order in the 
state. — Horat. Plebs eris, A. c. unus de 
plebe. — In general, of any state, the 
populace, rout, mob, rabble. Cic. — Fig¬ 
ur. of the inferior class or order, lowest 
sort. Ovid. Vos quoque plebs superum, 
the inferior deities. So, Colum. (of bees, 
as distinguished from their queen) 
Tres alveorum plebes ( plur.) in unum 
contribuere, united three hives of bees. 
-IT Plur. Plebes, Colum.; Plebiuin, 
Prudent. ; Plebibus, Augustin. 
PLeCTIBILIS (plecto), e, adj. deserving 
3 punishment. Sidon. 
PLeCTILIS (Id.), e, adj. plaited, twined, 
3 tt\ckt6s. Plaut. -IT Also, involved, 
intricate. Prudent. Syllogismi plectiles. 
PLeCTS ( 7 rXij aaio, nXyTTiu), is, a. 3. to 
punish. Cod. Just,, aliquem capite. It 
is, however, much more usual in the 
passive, to be punished, suffer punishment. 
Terent. Ego plectar pendens. Horat. 
Tergo plecti. Cic. Ut in sue vitio quis- 
que plectatnr. Padded. Capitis poena 
plecti. Cic. Multis in rebus negligen- 
tia plectimur, A. e. ob negligentiam. 
With genit. Apul. insimulationis fills® 
— Hence, Plecti, to be blamed. Nepos. 
Cavit, ne qua in re plecteretur. 
PLf.CT 5 (TrXtVto), is, xi and xui, xum, a. 
2 3. to plait, braid, intertwine. Priscian. 
quotes an example of perf. Plexi. The 
perf. Plexui is found in the Vulgate. 
The particip. Plexus is more frequent. 
Lueret. Caput plexis redimire corollis. 
Catull. Hos (flores), indistinctis plexos 
tulit ipse corollis. Lucrel. Plexa fora¬ 
mina lingute. — Figur. Pacuv. ap. Non. 
Plexa, non falsa autumare solet, A. e 
involved, intricate, ambiguous. — Hence, 
to twist, bend, turn. P Ike dr. se. (AI. 
leg. fleeter et.) 
PLeCTRIPOTeNS (plectrum & potens), 
3 tis, adj. powerful over the plectrum, h. e. 
great, in lyric poesy. Sidon. 
PLECTRUM (nXyKipov), i, n. the instru¬ 
ment with which a harper (citharcedus) 
struck the strings of his instrument., the 
quill. Cic. — Also, poetically, for the 
lyre, lute. Horat _And, also, for a lyric 
poem or poems. Id. -TT Also, the helm 
or upper part, of the helm. Stat. 
PLEIAS (IlXr/Vaf), or PLEIAS, or PLUS 
3 (IlXfiaf), 5dis, f. one of the seven stars, 
so called. Virg. Plur. Ovid. Pleiades 
or Pliades, the Pleiads, the seven stars, 
otherwise called Vergiliai. Also, Val. 
Place. Pliada movere, to cause the seven 
stars t,o rise. — According to the fable, 
they were seven daughters c f Atlas, by 
Pleione, namely, Electra, Halcyone, 
Celaeno, Maia, Asterope, Taygete, Me- 
rope ; hence, Ovid. Pleias, one of these 
Pleiads or scveji daughters, as a person. 
PLEIONE, es, f. IIX 17 I’di'r/, daughter of 
Oceanus and Tethys, wife of Allas, ana 
mother of the Pleiades. Ovid. Pleiones ne¬ 
pos, A. e. Mcrcwni, son of Maia, the daugh¬ 
ter of Pleione. — Also, Pleione, for the 
seven stars (Pleiades). Vat. Flacc. 2, 77. 
PLEMINIANOS, a, um, adj. pertaining 
to Pleminius. Liv. 
PLf.MMyRIUM (IT Xyppvpiov), n, n. a 
promontory of Sicily, near Syracuse. 
I PLEN^ (plenus), adv. fall. Plin. Vasa 
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