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“euphony” in Latin
vōcālitāsopen sound, euphonysuāvissweet, pleasant, deliciousiūcunduspleasant, agreeable, delightful, pleasing, deliciousēlegānsfine, elegant, handsome; tasteful; fastidious, criticalnumerusnumber; Roman military unit; collection, quantitysonussound, noise; pitch; speech; tone, character, style; voice, tongue
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
euphony
vocalitas (quae εὐφωνία dicitur, Quint., 1, 5, 24): sonus dulcis, suavis, jucundus, or elegans: numerus, or, plur., numeri: sonus (in language): numerorum jucunditas: numerus opportune cadens (Quint.): for the sake of euphony, *ut numerose sonaret, diceretur, caderet, etc. Words that satisfy the demands of euphony, verba ad audiendum jucunda (Cic.): to prefer one word to another of the same meaning, on the ground of euphony, inter duo, quae idem significant et tantundem valent, quod melius sonet, malle (Quintilian’s definition of vocalitas).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for euphony?
- The usual Latin words for “euphony” are vōcālitās, suāvis, iūcundus; also ēlegāns, numerus, sonus. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.