assono

See also: assonò

Italian

Verb

assono

1. first-person singular present indicative of assonare

Latin

Alternative forms

• adsonō

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd

Proto-Italic *ad

Proto-Italic *ad-

Latin ad-

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti

Proto-Italic *swonaō

Latin sonō

Latin assonō

From ad- (“to, towards”) + sonō (“sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈas.sɔ.noː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈas.so.no]

Verb

assonō (present infinitive assonāre); first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

1. (transitive) to sing (as an accompaniment))
2. (intransitive) to sound to, respond to, reply to

Conjugation

   Conjugation of assonō (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems)

indicative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	assonō		assonās		assonat		assonāmus		assonātis		assonant
	imperfect	assonābam		assonābās		assonābat		assonābāmus		assonābātis		assonābant
	future	assonābō		assonābis		assonābit		assonābimus		assonābitis		assonābunt
passive	present	assonor		assonāris, assonāre		assonātur		assonāmur		assonāminī		assonantur
	imperfect	assonābar		assonābāris, assonābāre		assonābātur		assonābāmur		assonābāminī		assonābantur
	future	assonābor		assonāberis, assonābere		assonābitur		assonābimur		assonābiminī		assonābuntur
subjunctive		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	assonem		assonēs		assonet		assonēmus		assonētis		assonent
	imperfect	assonārem		assonārēs		assonāret		assonārēmus		assonārētis		assonārent
passive	present	assoner		assonēris, assonēre		assonētur		assonēmur		assonēminī		assonentur
	imperfect	assonārer		assonārēris, assonārēre		assonārētur		assonārēmur		assonārēminī		assonārentur
imperative		singular						plural
		first		second		third		first		second		third
active	present	—		assonā		—		—		assonāte		—
	future	—		assonātō		assonātō		—		assonātōte		assonantō
passive	present	—		assonāre		—		—		assonāminī		—
	future	—		assonātor		assonātor		—		—		assonantor
non-finite forms		infinitive						participle
		active			passive			active			passive
present		assonāre			assonārī			assonāns			—
future		—			—			—			assonandus
verbal nouns		gerund								supine
		genitive		dative		accusative		ablative		accusative		ablative
		assonandī		assonandō		assonandum		assonandō		—		—

Related terms

• circumsonō
• cōnsonō
• dissonō
• exsonō
• īnsonō
• intersonō
• obsonō
• personō
• praesonō
• resonō
• sonō
• subsonō

Descendants

• English: assonate, assonance
• French: assoner, sonate
• Italian: assonare
• Ladino: asunar (Monastir)

References

• “assono”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “assono”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.