vox humana
English
Etymology
Latin [Term?]
Noun
vox humana (plural vox humanas)
- An organ stop having some resemblance to the human voice.
- John Betjeman, In Westminster Abbey
- Let me take this other glove off / As the vox humana swells, / And the beauteous fields of Eden / Bask beneath the Abbey bells.
- John Betjeman, In Westminster Abbey
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /u̯oːks huːˈmaː.na/, [u̯oːks̠ huːˈmäːnä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /voks uˈma.na/, [vɔks uˈmäːnä]
Noun
vōx hūmāna f (genitive vōcis hūmānae); third declension
- the human voice
- what a person would say
Declension
Third-declension noun with a first-declension adjective.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | vōx hūmāna | vōcēs hūmānae |
Genitive | vōcis hūmānae | vōcum hūmānārum |
Dative | vōcī hūmānae | vōcibus hūmānīs |
Accusative | vōcem hūmānam | vōcēs hūmānās |
Ablative | vōce hūmānā | vōcibus hūmānīs |
Vocative | vōx hūmāna | vōcēs hūmānae |
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