absonas
Dictionary entries
- Entry →absonus, absona, absonum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
harsh/discordant/inharmonious; jarring; inconsistent; unsuitable, in bad taste;
acc. pl. (f.) - Entry →absono, absonare, absonavi, absonatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
have harsh/discordant/unpleasant sound;
sg. pres. act. ind. 2nd
Examples
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...linguae consuetudinem, neque se tam insignite locuturum, ut absona inauditaque diceret; litteras tamen super hac re fecit inter..."Liber IV
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...obstipa necessu est prava cubantia prona supina atque absona tecta, iam ruere ut quaedam videantur velle, ruantque prodita..."Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...animi motus interprete lingua. Si dicentis erunt fortunis absona dicta, Romani tollent equites peditesque cachinnum. Intererit multum, diuosne..."