consonans
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.so.nans/, [ˈkõː.sɔ.nãːs]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkon.so.nans/
Etymology 1
Present active participle of cōnsonō (“I resound”). Surface analysis: con- (“with”, “together”) + sonāns (“sounding”).
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | 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.
Related terms
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.
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs |
| Genitive | cōnsonantis | cōnsonantum |
| Dative | cōnsonantī | cōnsonantibus |
| Accusative | cōnsonantem | cōnsonantēs |
| Ablative | cōnsonante | cōnsonantibus |
| Vocative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs |
Synonyms
Descendants
- English: consonant
- Italian: consonante
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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