consono Latin · revision 9508

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Varro|origins=ine-pro *swenH-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkõː.sɔ.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkɔn.so.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cōnsonō''' (present infinitive cōnsonāre, perfect active cōnsonuī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[con-]] “together” and [[sonō]] “to sound”.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨sonō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*swona-]], from [[ine-pro|*swenH-|t=to sound]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD and Gaffiot cite Varro, of sounding together.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Varro 116–27 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to sound together or at the same time, to resound, as in Varro and Petronius; in music to make a concord, and of spoken sounds to rhyme or have assonance, as in Seneca; and figuratively to agree, be in harmony, as in Sallust.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Lewis & Short note it is rare before Augustus.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ It survives in Italian ''consonare'' and French ''consoner''.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 116–27 BC – Varro uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 86–34 BC – Sallust uses it of agreement.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 4 BC–65 AD – Seneca uses it of concord.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To sound together; to [[m|en|resound]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # To be in [[m|en|concord]]; to rhyme.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To agree, harmonise.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[consonantia]]

+ * [[consonatio]]

+ * [[cōnsonus]]

+ * [[inconsonans]]

+ * [[cōnsonāns]]

+ * [[cōnsonanter]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[assonō]]

+ * [[circumsonō]]

+ * [[dissonō]]

+ * [[exsonō]]

+ * [[īnsonō]]

+ * [[intersonō]]

+ * [[obsonō]]

+ * [[personō]]

+ * [[praesonō]]

+ * [[resonō]]

+ * [[sonō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}