sonitus

sonitus

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of sonō.

Pronunciation

Participle

sonitus (feminine sonita, neuter sonitum); first/second-declension participle

  1. sounded, resounded
  2. called (out)
Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

singular plural
masculine feminine neuter masculine feminine neuter
nominative sonitus sonita sonitum sonitī sonitae sonita
genitive sonitī sonitae sonitī sonitōrum sonitārum sonitōrum
dative sonitō sonitae sonitō sonitīs
accusative sonitum sonitam sonitum sonitōs sonitās sonita
ablative sonitō sonitā sonitō sonitīs
vocative sonite sonita sonitum sonitī sonitae sonita

Etymology 2

    From sonō + -tus (forming ation nouns).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    sonitus m (genitive sonitūs); fourth declension

    1. sound
    Declension

    Fourth-declension noun.

    singular plural
    nominative sonitus sonitūs
    genitive sonitūs sonituum
    dative sonituī sonitibus
    accusative sonitum sonitūs
    ablative sonitū sonitibus
    vocative sonitus sonitūs
    Descendants
    • Galician: soído
    • Italian: sonito
    • Portuguese: soído, sonido
    • Romanian: sunet
    • Spanish: sonido

    References

    • sŏnĭtus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • sonitus²”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • sŏnĭtŭs²”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • "sonitus²", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
      • to speak, utter a sound: vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)
      • mere words; empty sound: inanis verborum sonitus