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Noun edit

concentus (uncountable)

  1. (music) A style of church music that emphasizes harmony.
    Coordinate term: accentus

Latin edit

Etymology edit

From concinō (sing together, harmonize).

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Noun edit

concentus m (genitive concentūs); fourth declension

  1. singing, a blending of voices in harmony
  2. (metonymically) a choir
  3. (theater) a concordant acclamation of the people
  4. concord, agreement, unanimity

Declension edit

Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative concentus concentūs
Genitive concentūs concentuum
Dative concentuī concentibus
Accusative concentum concentūs
Ablative concentū concentibus
Vocative concentus concentūs

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Descendants edit

  • Italian: concento
  • Spanish: concento

References edit

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