phthongus

Latin

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos, “any clear, distinct sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈpʰtʰon.ɡus/, [ˈpʰt̪ʰɔŋɡʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfton.ɡus/, [ˈft̪ɔŋɡus]

Noun

phthongus m (genitive phthongī); second declension

1. a sound, tone
2. a note in music

Declension

Second-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	phthongus	phthongī
Genitive	phthongī	phthongōrum
Dative	phthongō	phthongīs
Accusative	phthongum	phthongōs
Ablative	phthongō	phthongīs
Vocative	phthonge	phthongī

Synonyms

• (sound, tone): sonus (Pure Latin)

References

• “phthongus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• phthongus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• phthongus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,178/1.