plangor, ōris, m. [plango], a striking, beating, attended with noise.
I In gen. (poet.): (undae) leni resonant plangore cachinni, Cat. 64, 272: feminis, Auct. Her. 3, 15; Ov. M. 3, 498.—
II In partic., a beating the breast or face in token of grief; loud mourning , wailing , lamentation (class.): plangore et lamentatione complere forum, Cic. Or. 38, 131: feminei, Verg. A. 2, 487: dare plangorem, to make, Ov. M. 14, 421: percutit claro plangore lacertos, id. ib. 4, 138: caesis plangore lacertis, id. ib. 6, 532.