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
Liber XIII
Aulus Gellius
"...primam, non aberit, quin rideatur. III. "Summum" autem "tonum" prosoidian acutam dicit et, quem accentum nos dicimus, "voculationem..."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..."
