sonoritas
Latin
Etymology
From sonōrus (“sounding”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [sɔˈnoː.rɪ.taːs]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [soˈnɔː.ri.t̪as]
Noun
sonōritās f (genitive sonōritātis); third declension
- fullness of sound, melodiousness
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sonōritās | sonōritātēs |
| genitive | sonōritātis | sonōritātum |
| dative | sonōritātī | sonōritātibus |
| accusative | sonōritātem | sonōritātēs |
| ablative | sonōritāte | sonōritātibus |
| vocative | sonōritās | sonōritātēs |
Descendants
- Catalan: sonoritat
- French: sonorité
- Galician: sonoridade
- Italian: sonorità
- Portuguese: sonoridade
- Romanian: sonoritate
- Spanish: sonoridad
References
- “sonoritas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- sonoritas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- "sonoritas", 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)