consonus

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.so.nus/, [ˈkõːs̠ɔnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkon.so.nus/, [ˈkɔnsonus]

Adjective

cōnsonus (feminine cōnsona, neuter cōnsonum); first/second-declension adjective

1. harmonious, sounding together, suitable

   Synonyms: conveniēns, congruēns

   Antonyms: absonus, dissonus

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cōnsonus	cōnsona	cōnsonum		cōnsonī	cōnsonae	cōnsona
Genitive	cōnsonī	cōnsonae	cōnsonī		cōnsonōrum	cōnsonārum	cōnsonōrum
Dative	cōnsonō		cōnsonō		cōnsonīs
Accusative	cōnsonum	cōnsonam	cōnsonum		cōnsonōs	cōnsonās	cōnsona
Ablative	cōnsonō	cōnsonā	cōnsonō		cōnsonīs
Vocative	cōnsone	cōnsona	cōnsonum		cōnsonī	cōnsonae	cōnsona

Descendants

• → Proto-Brythonic: *kuson
  • Middle Welsh: kysson
    • Welsh: cyson
• Old Irish: conson
  • Irish: consan
  • Scottish Gaelic: consan
  (from feminine cōnsona)

References

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