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sonus

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See also: Sonus

Esperanto

Verb

sonus

  1. conditional of soni

Ido

Verb

sonus

  1. conditional of sonar

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *swónh₂os, from the root *swenh₂- (to sound). Cognate with Proto-Germanic *swanaz.

Pronunciation

Noun

sonus m (genitive sonī); second declension

  1. sound, noise; pitch; speech
  2. (figuratively) tone, character, style
  3. (figuratively) voice, tongue
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.119:
      Nunc mihi mīlle sonōs
      Now [grant] to me a thousand voices
      Now I could wish for a thousand tongues

Declension

Second-declension noun.

More information singular, plural ...

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Aromanian: son
  • Catalan: so
  • Friulian: sun
  • Galician: son
  • Italian: suono, sono
  • Occitan: son
  • Old English: sōn
  • Old French: son
    • French: son
    • Middle English: sowne, sownde
  • Old Irish: son
  • Portuguese: som
  • Romanian: sun
  • Romansch: sun
  • Sardinian: sonu
  • Sicilian: sonu
  • Spanish: son, sueno
  • Welsh: sôn

References

  • sonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • sonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • "sonus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • sonus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • sonus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Middle Irish

Etymology

From sona (prosperous, fortunate, lucky) + -us.

Noun

sonus m

  1. good fortune, prosperity, happiness

Descendants

Mutation

More information radical, lenition ...

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Middle Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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Volapük

Noun

sonus

  1. predicative plural of son

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