consonans

Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Present active participle of cōnsonō (“I resound”). By surface analysis, con- (“with, together”) +‎ sonāns (“sounding”).

Participle

cōnsonāns (genitive cōnsonantis, adverb cōnsonanter); third-declension one-termination participle

  1. agreeing, fit, suitable
Declension

Third-declension participle.

singular plural
masc./fem. neuter masc./fem. neuter
nominative cōnsonāns cōnsonantēs cōnsonantia
genitive cōnsonantis cōnsonantium
dative cōnsonantī cōnsonantibus
accusative cōnsonantem cōnsonāns cōnsonantēs
cōnsonantīs 		cōnsonantia
ablative cōnsonante
cōnsonantī1 		cōnsonantibus
vocative cōnsonāns cōnsonantēs cōnsonantia

1When used purely as an adjective.

Etymology 2

Noun use of the participle cōnsonāns, in elliptical use for littera cōnsonāns (literally “resounding letter”). This is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon). The components of the Latin word do not exactly correspond to those of the Greek word; a word that more precisely corresponds to the Greek would be cōnsona.

Noun

cōnsonāns f (genitive cōnsonantis); third declension

  1. (grammar) a consonant
Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

singular plural
nominative cōnsonāns cōnsonantēs
genitive cōnsonantis cōnsonantium
dative cōnsonantī cōnsonantibus
accusative cōnsonantem cōnsonantēs
cōnsonantīs
ablative cōnsonante cōnsonantibus
vocative cōnsonāns cōnsonantēs
Synonyms
Descendants

See also

References

  • “consonans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • consonans in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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