assono Latin · revision 9692

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''assonō''' (present infinitive assonāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems^(Wiktionary)

+ Also spelled ''adsonō''.^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|ad-|sonō|t1=to|t2=to sound]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨sonō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*swena-]], from [[ine-pro|*swenH-|t=to sound]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short and Gaffiot cite Ovid's ''Metamorphoses'', ''plangentibus assonat Ēchō'' “Echo answers the mourners”.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Rare, it meant to sound in accompaniment, respond, reply, as of Echo in Ovid and Persius; transitively, in Apuleius, birds make their sweet songs resound.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ Its present participle is the source, through French ''assonant'', of English ''assonance'' (1727), and English ''assonate'' and Italian ''assonare'' come from it.^(Etymonline)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it of Echo.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 34–62 AD – Persius uses it.^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 1727 – English ''assonance'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To sound in accompaniment, respond, [[m|en|echo]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # ''(transitive)'' To make (songs) resound.^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[circumsonō]]

+ * [[cōnsonō]]

+ * [[dissonō]]

+ * [[exsonō]]

+ * [[īnsonō]]

+ * [[intersonō]]

+ * [[obsonō]]

+ * [[personō]]

+ * [[praesonō]]

+ * [[resonō]]

+ * [[sonō]]

+ * [[en|assonance]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}