tonum
Dictionary entries
- Entry →tonus, toni:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
tone, pitch (sound), note; interval; musical scale; astronomical measure;; tone/degree of light/shade; strain, tension; peal of thunder (from tono?);
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →tonos, toni:
Masculine · Noun
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
tone, pitch (sound), note; interval; musical scale; astronomical measure;; tone/degree of light/shade; strain, tension; peal of thunder (from tono?);
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- A
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...primam, non aberit, quin rideatur. III. "Summum" autem "tonum" prosoidian acutam dicit et, quem accentum nos dicimus, "voculationem..." - L
Liber II
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from QUAESTIONES NATURALES
"...pluraliter dicimus ; antiqui autem tonitruum dixerunt aut tonum. Hoc apud Caecinam inuenio, facundum uirum et qui habuisset aliquando..."
