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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=compound|attested=Virgil|origins=ine-pro *swenH-}}
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+ ==Pronunciation==
+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈĩː.sɔ.noː]^(Wiktionary)
+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈin.so.no]^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Forms==
+ '''īnsonō''' (present infinitive īnsonāre, perfect active īnsonuī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Etymology==
+ It is [[af|la|in-|sonō|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 citations are from Virgil.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Virgil 70–19 BC.^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==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”.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)
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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to sound, resound, roar.^(Stelten 1995) English ''insonate'' is from it.^(Wiktionary)
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+ ==Timeline==
+ * 70–19 BC – Virgil uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
+ * 43 BC–18 AD – Ovid uses it.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)
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+ ==Meanings==
+ ===Verb===
+ # ''(intransitive)'' To make a loud noise, sound, [[m|en|resound]].^(OLD 2012)
+ # ''(transitive)'' To produce with a loud sound.^(OLD 2012)
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+ ==Related words==
+ * [[sonō]]
+ * [[en|insonate]]
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+ ==References==
+ {{reflist}}