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exsono

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Pronunciation

  • IPA (Classical): [ˈɛks.sɔ.noː][1]
  • IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈɛks.so.no][1]

Forms

exsonō (present infinitive exsonāre, perfect active exsonuī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem[1]

Etymology

It is from Latin ex- + sonō (“to sound”).[2][1] De Vaan traces ⟨sonō⟩ to Proto-Italic *swena-, from Proto-Indo-European *swenH- (“to sound”).[3]

Earliest recorded meaning

Lewis & Short call it post-Augustan and very rare, citing Petronius, cēterī convīvae ingentī clāmōre exsonābant “the other guests resounded with a great shout”.[4][5] Köbler dates Petronius before 66 AD.[6]

Semantic evolution

It meant to make a loud noise, resound.[2][4]

Timeline

Meanings

Verb

  1. To make a loud noise, resound.[2][4]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c Glare, P. G. W., ed. (2012), Oxford Latin Dictionary, 2nd ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press
  3. ^ de Vaan, Michiel (2008), Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages, Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series 7, Leiden; Boston: Brill
  4. ^ a b c d Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  5. ^ a b Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
  6. ^ a b Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de