consonus
Latin
Etymology
From con- (“with, together”) + -sonus.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkõː.sɔ.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.so.nus]
Adjective
cōnsonus (feminine cōnsona, neuter cōnsonum); first/second-declension adjective
- harmonious, sounding together, suitable
- Synonyms: conveniēns, congruēns
- Antonyms: absonus, dissonus
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | cōnsonus | cōnsona | cōnsonum | cōnsonī | cōnsonae | cōnsona | |
| genitive | cōnsonī | cōnsonae | cōnsonī | cōnsonōrum | cōnsonārum | cōnsonōrum | |
| dative | cōnsonō | cōnsonae | cōnsonō | cōnsonīs | |||
| accusative | cōnsonum | cōnsonam | cōnsonum | cōnsonōs | cōnsonās | cōnsona | |
| ablative | cōnsonō | cōnsonā | cōnsonō | cōnsonīs | |||
| vocative | cōnsone | cōnsona | cōnsonum | cōnsonī | cōnsonae | cōnsona | |
Descendants
- Italian: consono
- Spanish: cónsono
- → Proto-Brythonic: *kuson
- Middle Welsh: kysson
- Welsh: cyson
- Middle Welsh: kysson
- Old Irish: conson (from feminine cōnsona)
References
- “consonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “consonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- consonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.