concentus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kənˈsɛntəs/

Noun

concentus (uncountable)

1. (music) A style of church music that emphasizes harmony.

   Coordinate term: accentus

Latin

Etymology

From concinō (“to sing together, harmonize”) +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [kɔŋˈkɛn.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [kon̠ʲˈt͡ʃɛn.tus]

Noun

concentus m (genitive concentūs); fourth declension

1. singing, a blending of voices in harmony
   • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 4.25:

     Simulque coeptus dies et concentu tubarum ac truci clamore aderant semisomnos in barbaros

     And as soon as the day broke, with a blare of the trumpets and a fierce yell they came upon the half-asleep barbarians

2. (metonymic) a choir
3. (theater) a concordant acclamation of the people
4. concord, agreement, unanimity

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	concentus	concentūs
genitive	concentūs	concentuum
dative	concentuī	concentibus
accusative	concentum	concentūs
ablative	concentū	concentibus
vocative	concentus	concentūs

Synonyms

• (singing): concentiō

Related terms

• concentiō
• concentor
• concinō

Descendants

• Italian: concento
• Spanish: concento

References

• “concentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “concentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “concentus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.