sonitus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of sonō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ni.tus/, [ˈs̠ɔnɪt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈso.ni.tus/, [ˈsɔːnit̪us]

Participle

sonitus (feminine sonita, neuter sonitum); first/second-declension participle

1. sounded, resounded
2. called (out)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	sonitus	sonita	sonitum		sonitī	sonitae	sonita
Genitive	sonitī	sonitae	sonitī		sonitōrum	sonitārum	sonitōrum
Dative	sonitō		sonitō		sonitīs
Accusative	sonitum	sonitam	sonitum		sonitōs	sonitās	sonita
Ablative	sonitō	sonitā	sonitō		sonitīs
Vocative	sonite	sonita	sonitum		sonitī	sonitae	sonita

Noun

sonitus m (genitive sonitūs); fourth declension

1. sound

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	sonitus	sonitūs
Genitive	sonitūs	sonituum
Dative	sonituī	sonitibus
Accusative	sonitum	sonitūs
Ablative	sonitū	sonitibus
Vocative	sonitus	sonitūs

Related terms

• sonus

Descendants

• Italian: sonito
• Romanian: sunet
• Spanish: sonido

References

• “sonitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “sonitus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sonitus 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)
• sonitus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to speak, utter a sound: vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)
    
  • mere words; empty sound: inanis verborum sonitus