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
- A
Liber VII
Aulus Gellius
"...linguae consuetudinem, neque se tam insignite locuturum, ut absona inauditaque diceret; litteras tamen super hac re fecit inter..." - T
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..." - Q
Ars Poetica
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace)
"...animi motus interprete lingua. Si dicentis erunt fortunis absona dicta, Romani tollent equites peditesque cachinnum. Intererit multum, diuosne..."