persono

See also: personó

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin persōna.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [perˈsono]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ono
• Hyphenation: per‧so‧no

Noun

persono (accusative singular personon, plural personoj, accusative plural personojn)

1. individual, persona, person

   Synonyms: homo, ulo

2. character (in a book or a film)
3. (grammar) person

Derived terms

• ĉefpersono (“chief person, main character”)

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /perˈsono/

Noun

persono (plural personi)

1. person

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Latin

Etymology

From per- (“through”) +‎ sonō (“make a noise, sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.so.noː/, [ˈpɛrs̠ɔnoː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.so.no/, [ˈpɛrsono]

Verb

personō (present infinitive personāre, perfect active personuī, supine personātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I sound through and through, resound, ring.
   • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos

     Personant horrendum in modum academiae ac gymnasia novis opinionum monstris, quibus non occulte amplius et cuniculis petitur catholica fides […]

2. (intransitive) I make a sound on a musical instrument, play, sound.

   Synonym: canō

3. (transitive) I fill with sound, make resound.
4. (transitive, rare) I cry out, call aloud.

Conjugation

• Note that personāvit is an alternative form for the third-person singular perfect active indicative personuit.

Conjugation of personō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	personō	personās	personat	personāmus	personātis	personant
	imperfect	personābam	personābās	personābat	personābāmus	personābātis	personābant
	future	personābō	personābis	personābit	personābimus	personābitis	personābunt
	perfect	personuī	personuistī	personuit	personuimus	personuistis	personuērunt, personuēre
	pluperfect	personueram	personuerās	personuerat	personuerāmus	personuerātis	personuerant
	future perfect	personuerō	personueris	personuerit	personuerimus	personueritis	personuerint
passive	present	personor	personāris, personāre	personātur	personāmur	personāminī	personantur
	imperfect	personābar	personābāris, personābāre	personābātur	personābāmur	personābāminī	personābantur
	future	personābor	personāberis, personābere	personābitur	personābimur	personābiminī	personābuntur
	perfect	personātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	personātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	personātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	personem	personēs	personet	personēmus	personētis	personent
	imperfect	personārem	personārēs	personāret	personārēmus	personārētis	personārent
	perfect	personuerim	personuerīs	personuerit	personuerīmus	personuerītis	personuerint
	pluperfect	personuissem	personuissēs	personuisset	personuissēmus	personuissētis	personuissent
passive	present	personer	personēris, personēre	personētur	personēmur	personēminī	personentur
	imperfect	personārer	personārēris, personārēre	personārētur	personārēmur	personārēminī	personārentur
	perfect	personātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	personātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	personā	—	—	personāte	—
	future	—	personātō	personātō	—	personātōte	personantō
passive	present	—	personāre	—	—	personāminī	—
	future	—	personātor	personātor	—	—	personantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		personāre	personuisse	personātūrum esse	personārī	personātum esse	personātum īrī
participles		personāns	—	personātūrus	—	personātus	personandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		personandī	personandō	personandum	personandō	personātum	personātū

Derived terms

• personātiō
• personātus

 

Related terms

• assonō
• circumsonō
• cōnsonō
• dissonō
• exsonō
• īnsonō
• intersonō
• obsonō
• praesonō
• resonō
• sonābilis
• sonāns
• sonāx
• sonipēs
• sonitō
• sonitus
• sonō
• sonor
• sonōritās
• sonōrus
• sonus
• subsonō

 

Descendants

• → English: personate
• Spanish: personarse

References

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

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Spanish

Verb

persono

1. only used in me persono, first-person singular present indicative of personarse