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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Ovid|origins=ine-pro *swenH-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈprae̯.sɔ.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈprɛː.s̬o.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''praesonō''' (present infinitive praesonāre, perfect active praesonuī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|prae-|sonō|t1=before|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==
+ The OLD's earliest citation is from Ovid's ''Amores'', ''praesonuit sollemnī tībia cantū'' “the flute sounded first with its solemn tune”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler dates Ovid 43 BC–18 AD.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Semantic evolution==
+ It meant to make a sound beforehand, as in Ovid, and transitively to surpass with one's sound, as in Calpurnius Siculus.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to resound, sound out.^(Stelten 1995)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # To make a sound beforehand.^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(transitive)'' To [[m|en|surpass]] with one's sound.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[assonō]]
+ * [[circumsonō]]
+ * [[cōnsonō]]
+ * [[dissonō]]
+ * [[exsonō]]
+ * [[īnsonō]]
+ * [[intersonō]]
+ * [[obsonō]]
+ * [[personō]]
+ * [[resonō]]
+ * [[sonō]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}