sonus

Verb

sonus

1. conditional of soni

Verb

sonus

1. conditional of sonar

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.nus/, [ˈs̠ɔnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.nus/, [ˈsɔːnus]

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

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

Etymology

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

Noun

sonus m

1. good fortune, prosperity, happiness

Mutation

Further reading

• Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “sonus”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language

Noun

sonus

1. predicative plural of son