fluentisonus
Latin
FWOTD – 1 December 2016
Etymology
From fluentum (“current, flow”) + -sonus (“sounding”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [fɫu.ɛnˈtɪ.sɔ.nʊs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [flu.en̪ˈt̪iː.s̬o.nus]
Adjective
fluentisonus (feminine fluentisona, neuter fluentisonum); first/second-declension adjective
- resounding with the sound of waves; undisonant
- Catullus, Poem 64, 52-54 (c. 60 BC):
- Namque fluentisono prospectans litore Diae / Thesea cedentem celeri cum classe tuetur / indomitos in corde gerens Ariadna furores;
- For there, looking forth from the wave-sounding shore of Dia, Ariadna sees Theseus, as he sails away with swift fleet, Ariadna bearing wild madness in her heart.
- Catullus, Poem 64, 52-54 (c. 60 BC):
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | fluentisonus | fluentisona | fluentisonum | fluentisonī | fluentisonae | fluentisona | |
| genitive | fluentisonī | fluentisonae | fluentisonī | fluentisonōrum | fluentisonārum | fluentisonōrum | |
| dative | fluentisonō | fluentisonae | fluentisonō | fluentisonīs | |||
| accusative | fluentisonum | fluentisonam | fluentisonum | fluentisonōs | fluentisonās | fluentisona | |
| ablative | fluentisonō | fluentisonā | fluentisonō | fluentisonīs | |||
| vocative | fluentisone | fluentisona | fluentisonum | fluentisonī | fluentisonae | fluentisona | |
Synonyms
References
- “fluentisonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fluentisonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fluentisonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- fluentisonus in Ramminger, Johann (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016