-sonus
Latin
Etymology
From sonō (“to sound”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix).
Suffix
-sonus (feminine -sona, neuter -sonum); first/second-declension suffix
- Forms adjectives qualifying something in respect to the sound it emits
- horreō (“to shiver”) > horrisonus (“having a sound that makes one shiver”)
- arma (“arms”) > armisonus (“resounding with weapons”)
Declension
First/second-declension adjective.
| singular | plural | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | masculine | feminine | neuter | ||
| nominative | -sonus | -sona | -sonum | -sonī | -sonae | -sona | |
| genitive | -sonī | -sonae | -sonī | -sonōrum | -sonārum | -sonōrum | |
| dative | -sonō | -sonae | -sonō | -sonīs | |||
| accusative | -sonum | -sonam | -sonum | -sonōs | -sonās | -sona | |
| ablative | -sonō | -sonā | -sonō | -sonīs | |||
| vocative | -sone | -sona | -sonum | -sonī | -sonae | -sona | |
Derived terms
Latin terms suffixed with -sonus