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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Vitruvius|origins=ine-pro *swenH-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈdɪs.sɔ.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈdis.so.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''dissonō''' (present infinitive dissonāre, perfect active dissonuī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is from [[dis-]] “apart” and [[sonō]] “to sound”, the opposite of [[cōnsonō]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan traces ⟨sonō⟩ to [[ine-pro|*swenH-|t=to sound]].^(de Vaan 2008)
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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==
+ Lewis & Short cite Vitruvius, ''dissonantēs locī'' “places that give discordant sounds”.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Vitruvius c. 84–c. 25 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to sound discordantly, be out of harmony, as in Vitruvius, and figuratively to disagree, differ, as in Columella and Ammianus, and Lewis & Short call it very rare and not before Augustus.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ It survives in Italian ''dissonare'' and French ''dissoner''.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * c. 84–c. 25 BC – Vitruvius uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 1st century AD – Columella uses it figuratively.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * c. 390 AD – Ammianus Marcellinus uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To sound discordantly, be [[m|en|dissonant]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)
+ # To disagree, differ.^(Lewis & Short 1879)
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+ ==Word family==
+ * [[dissonantia]]
+ * [[dissonāns]]
+ * [[dissonanter]]
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[assonō]]
+ * [[circumsonō]]
+ * [[cōnsonō]]
+ * [[exsonō]]
+ * [[īnsonō]]
+ * [[intersonō]]
+ * [[obsonō]]
+ * [[personō]]
+ * [[praesonō]]
+ * [[resonō]]
+ * [[sonō]]
+ * [[dissonus]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}