insono

Pronunciation

• IPA (Classical): [ˈĩː.sɔ.noː]^[1]
• IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈin.so.no]^[1]

Forms

īnsonō (present infinitive īnsonāre, perfect active īnsonuī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^[1]

Etymology

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

Earliest recorded meaning

The OLD's earliest citations are from Virgil.^[2] Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^[4]

Semantic evolution

Mostly poetic, it meant to make a loud noise, sound, resound, as in Virgil, and transitively to produce with a loud sound, as in insonuit flagellō “he cracked the whip”.^[2][5][6]

In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to sound, resound, roar.^[7] English insonate is from it.^[1]

Timeline

• 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^[2][4]
• 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^[2][4]

Meanings

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a loud noise, sound, resound.^[2]
2. (transitive) To produce with a loud sound.^[2]

Related words

• sonō
• English insonate

References

1. ^ a b c d e Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
2. ^ a b c d e f g 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 Köbler, Gerhard (2010), Lateinisches Abkunfts- und Wirkungswörterbuch für Altertum und Mittelalter, online ed., koeblergerhard.de
5. ^ Lewis, Charlton T.; Short, Charles (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
6. ^ Gaffiot, Félix (2016), Dictionnaire latin-français, new ed. by Gérard Gréco et al. (Gaffiot 2016), online ed.
7. ^ Stelten, Leo F. (1995), Dictionary of Ecclesiastical Latin, Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson