planctus.
wailing, lamentation, lament, beating of the breast; mourning;
Meaning & usage
a noisy beating, striking, slapping
a wailing, loud mourning, lamentation
a specific type of song or poem, popular in medieval Europe, expressing mourning or lamentation
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *-ti Proto-Indo-European *pl(e)h₂-n-g-e-tider. Proto-Italic *plāngō Latin plangō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin plānctus From plangō + -tus (action noun suffix).
bewailed, lamented, mourned
Where this word comes from
Perfect passive participle of plangō.
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