modulationem
Dictionary entries
- Entry →modulatio, modulationis:
Feminine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
modulation, inflection of tone; calculation of measurements from a standard;; singing, playing; melody, song; rhythmic/regular measure; marching in time;
acc. sg.
Examples
Liber XX
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from EPISTULAE MORALES AD LUCILIUM
"...Quemadmodumqui audierunt synphoniam ferunt secum in auribus modulationem illam acdulcedinem cantuum, quae cogitationes inpedit nec ad seria patitur..."Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...nihil causae est cur non illam vocis modulationem fidibus ac tibiis, immo mehercule, quod est huic deformitati propius..."
