adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective
dissonus
dissonus (feminine dissona, neuter dissonum)
Classical[ˈdɪs.sɔ.nʊs]Ecclesiastical[ˈdis.so.nus]
Meaning
- adjectivedissonant, discordant, confused
- adjectivedisagreeing, different
- adjectivejarring
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
nōn ūnō sonō, discorsdissonus -a -um — in IVLIANVS II: Imperium, ch. 4
Declension
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dissonus | dissona | dissonum |
| genitive | dissonī | dissonae | dissonī |
| dative | dissonō | dissonae | dissonō |
| accusative | dissonum | dissonam | dissonum |
| ablative | dissonō | dissonā | dissonō |
| vocative | dissone | dissona | dissonum |
| form | masculine | feminine | neuter |
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | dissonī | dissonae | dissona |
| genitive | dissonōrum | dissonārum | dissonōrum |
| dative | dissonīs | dissonīs | dissonīs |
| accusative | dissonōs | dissonās | dissona |
| ablative | dissonīs | dissonīs | dissonīs |
| vocative | dissonī | dissonae | dissona |
dis-sŏnus, a, um, adj., opp. consonus,
I. dissonant, discordant, confused (not anteAug.; nor in Verg., Ov., or Hor.).
I. Lit.:
chorus canentium dissonum quiddam canere, Col. 12, 2, 4; so, clamores, Liv. 4, 28; Plin. Ep. 3, 20, 4: voces (opp. congruens clamor), Liv. 30, 34: questus, Tac. A. 1, 34: vapor, i. e. making a dissonant sound, Plin. 2, 43, 43, § 112.—2. In gen., disagreeing, different:
gentes sermone moribusque, Liv. 1, 18; cf.: linguā agmina, Sil. 16, 19: linguis castra, id. 3, 221; linguis turba, Claud. Laud. Stil 1, 152: diversi postulantium habitus ac dissonae voces, Plin. Pan. 56, 6: ora vulgi, Luc. 3, 289: nationes, Amm. 23, 6 et saep.: venustas (opp. jucunde consonat), Quint. 9, 3, 72: cursus solis, Plin. 36, 10, 15, § 73: carmina, i. e. in elegiac measure, Stat. S. 2, 2, 114: nationes, Mart. Cap. 2, § 203: elementa, id. 9, § 912 et saep.—With ab: nihil apud Latinos dissonum ab Romana re, Liv. 8, 8, 2.—* II. Trop., discordant, jarring:
collidens dissona corda Seditio, Sil. 11, 45.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
dis - sonus adj.,
dissonant, discordant, confused: clamores, L.: illis voces, L.: questus, Ta. —Disagreeing, different: gentes sermone, L.: ab Romanā re, L.: exercitūs linguis, Ta.
Origins
From dis- + -sonus.