Latin edit

Etymology edit

From in- +‎ sonō (sound, resound).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

īnsonō (present infinitive īnsonāre, perfect active īnsonuī); first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

  1. (intransitive) to make a sound or noise in or on; sound, sound loudly, resound, roar
    • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 2.467–468:
      dum latet, īnsonuit ventō nemus; illa timōre
      pallet et hostīlēs crēdit adesse manūs
      While she lay hidden, the grove [of trees] resounded with the wind;
      she pales with fear and believes that bands of enemies are near.

Conjugation edit

   Conjugation of īnsonō (first conjugation, no supine stem, active only)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnsonō īnsonās īnsonat īnsonāmus īnsonātis īnsonant
imperfect īnsonābam īnsonābās īnsonābat īnsonābāmus īnsonābātis īnsonābant
future īnsonābō īnsonābis īnsonābit īnsonābimus īnsonābitis īnsonābunt
perfect īnsonuī īnsonuistī īnsonuit īnsonuimus īnsonuistis īnsonuērunt,
īnsonuēre
pluperfect īnsonueram īnsonuerās īnsonuerat īnsonuerāmus īnsonuerātis īnsonuerant
future perfect īnsonuerō īnsonueris īnsonuerit īnsonuerimus īnsonueritis īnsonuerint
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnsonem īnsonēs īnsonet īnsonēmus īnsonētis īnsonent
imperfect īnsonārem īnsonārēs īnsonāret īnsonārēmus īnsonārētis īnsonārent
perfect īnsonuerim īnsonuerīs īnsonuerit īnsonuerīmus īnsonuerītis īnsonuerint
pluperfect īnsonuissem īnsonuissēs īnsonuisset īnsonuissēmus īnsonuissētis īnsonuissent
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present īnsonā īnsonāte
future īnsonātō īnsonātō īnsonātōte īnsonantō
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives īnsonāre īnsonuisse
participles īnsonāns
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
īnsonandī īnsonandō īnsonandum īnsonandō

Related terms edit

Descendants edit

  • English: insonate

References edit

  • insono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • insono”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • insono in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.