sonabant
Dictionary entries
- Entry →sono, sonare, sonavi, sonatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Age:
- Late
make a noise/sound; speak/utter, emit sound; be spoken of (as); express/denote;; echo/resound; be heard, sound; be spoken of (as); celebrate in speech;
pl. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
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Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from DECLAMATIONES MAIORES
"...hinc virgae, inde flagella adferebantur. homines piratas putares. sonabant clangore ferali tubae, inlatisque Libitinae toris ducebatur funus ante..."Aeneid V
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...ossibus albos (tum rauca adsiduo longe sale saxa sonabant), cum pater amisso fluitantem errare magistro sensit, et ipse..."
