supplodo

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

sup-plōdo (subpl-), or supplaudo (subpl-), si, 3, v. a. and n.,

I to stamp the foot: pedem nemo in illo judicio supplosit, * Cic. de Or. 1, 53, 230; so, pedem, Sen. Ep. 75, 2.—

II Trop.

A To clap in token of applause, to applaud (eccl. Lat.): male nobis supplaudimus, Tert. Idol. 12: diversae parti, id. Pud. 19. — *

B To tread under foot , to destroy : calumniam, Macr. Somn. Scip. 1, 2, § 3.

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