LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no perfect or supine stems

assonō

assonō (present infinitive assonāre)
Classical[ˈas.sɔ.noː]Ecclesiastical[ˈas.so.no]

Meaning

  1. transitiveto sing (as an accompaniment))
  2. intransitiveto sound to, respond to, reply to

Conjugation conjugation 1 perfect

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.assonōassonābamassonābō———
2nd sg.assonāsassonābāsassonābis———
3rd sg.assonatassonābatassonābit———
1st pl.assonāmusassonābāmusassonābimus———
2nd pl.assonātisassonābātisassonābitis———
3rd pl.assonantassonābantassonābunt———
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.assonemassonārem——
2nd sg.assonēsassonārēs——
3rd sg.assonetassonāret——
1st pl.assonēmusassonārēmus——
2nd pl.assonētisassonārētis——
3rd pl.assonentassonārent——
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.assonorassonābarassonābor
2nd sg.assonāris
assonāre
assonābāris
assonābāre
assonāberis
assonābere
3rd sg.assonāturassonābāturassonābitur
1st pl.assonāmurassonābāmurassonābimur
2nd pl.assonāminīassonābāminīassonābiminī
3rd pl.assonanturassonābanturassonābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.assonerassonārer
2nd sg.assonēris
assonēre
assonārēris
assonārēre
3rd sg.assonēturassonārētur
1st pl.assonēmurassonārēmur
2nd pl.assonēminīassonārēminī
3rd pl.assonenturassonārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.assonāassonāre
pres. 2nd pl.assonāteassonāminī
fut. 2nd sg.assonātōassonātor
fut. 3rd sg.assonātōassonātor
fut. 2nd pl.assonātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.assonantōassonantor
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveassonāreassonārī
present participleassonāns—
future participle—assonandus
gerundassonandī, assonandō, assonandum

as-sŏno (ads-, Jahn; ass-, Merk.), āre, v. n.,
I. to sound to, respond to (rare): plangentibus assonat Echo, Ov. M. 3, 507: reparabilis adsonat Echo, Pers. 1, 102.— With acc. of similar signif.: ut canorae aviculae concentus suaves adsonarent, struck up, App. M. 11, p. 260.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinassonō

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti Proto-Italic *swonaō Latin sonō Latin assonō From ad- (“to, towards”) + sonō (“sound, resound”).

Descendants
  • Englishassonate
  • Englishassonance
  • Frenchassoner
  • Frenchsonate
  • Italianassonare
  • Ladinoasunar

Quick answers

What does assonō mean in Latin?
assonō, a verb, means “to sing (as an accompaniment)); to sound to, respond to, reply to”.
What are the principal parts of assonō?
assonō, assonāre (first conjugation, no perfect or supine stems).
How do you pronounce assonō?
In classical Latin, [ˈas.sɔ.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈas.so.no].
Where does assonō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd → Proto-Italic *ad → Proto-Italic *ad- → Latin assonō.