LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbfirst conjugation, no passive, no supine stem

īnsonō

īnsonō (present infinitive īnsonāre, perfect active īnsonuī)
Classical[ˈĩː.sɔ.noː]Ecclesiastical[ˈin.so.no]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto make a sound or noise in or on; sound, sound loudly, resound, roar
    dum latet, īnsonuit ventō nemus; illa timōreWhile she lay hidden, the grove [of trees] resounded with the wind; she pales with fear and believes that bands of enemies are near.8 CE, Ovidius, Fasti 2.467–468

Conjugation conjugation 1 no-supine

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.īnsonōīnsonābamīnsonābōīnsonuīīnsonueramīnsonuerō
2nd sg.īnsonāsīnsonābāsīnsonābisīnsonuistīīnsonuerāsīnsonueris
3rd sg.īnsonatīnsonābatīnsonābitīnsonuitīnsonueratīnsonuerit
1st pl.īnsonāmusīnsonābāmusīnsonābimusīnsonuimusīnsonuerāmusīnsonuerimus
2nd pl.īnsonātisīnsonābātisīnsonābitisīnsonuistisīnsonuerātisīnsonueritis
3rd pl.īnsonantīnsonābantīnsonābuntīnsonuērunt
īnsonuēre
īnsonuerantīnsonuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.īnsonemīnsonāremīnsonuerimīnsonuissem
2nd sg.īnsonēsīnsonārēsīnsonuerīsīnsonuissēs
3rd sg.īnsonetīnsonāretīnsonueritīnsonuisset
1st pl.īnsonēmusīnsonārēmusīnsonuerīmusīnsonuissēmus
2nd pl.īnsonētisīnsonārētisīnsonuerītisīnsonuissētis
3rd pl.īnsonentīnsonārentīnsonuerintīnsonuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.īnsonā—
pres. 2nd pl.īnsonāte—
fut. 2nd sg.īnsonātō—
fut. 3rd sg.īnsonātō—
fut. 2nd pl.īnsonātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.īnsonantō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitiveīnsonāre—
perfect infinitiveīnsonuisse
īnsonāvisse
—
present participleīnsonāns
īnsonante, īnsonantem, īnsonantēs, īnsonantī, īnsonantia, īnsonantibus, īnsonantis, īnsonantīs, īnsonantium
—
gerundīnsonandī, īnsonandō, īnsonandum

in-sŏno, ŭi, 1, v. n.,
I. to make a noise in or on, to sound, sound loudly, resound (mostly poet.): Boreae cum spiritus alto Insonat Aegaeo, roars on the Ægean Sea, Verg. A. 12, 366: insonuere cavernae, id. ib. 2, 53: caeli delapsa per auras Insonuit, resounded flying through the air, id. ib. 11, 596; cf. pennis, Ov. M. 13, 608: calamis, to play upon, id. ib. 11, 161: insonuitque flagello, cracked his whip, Verg. A. 5, 579; cf. poet. with acc.: verbera insonuit, id. ib. 7, 451: quasi faucibus aliquid obstiterit, insonare, to clear one's throat, to hawk, Quint. 11, 3, 121.

Origins

From īn- < in- + sonō (“sound, resound”).

Descendants
  • Englishinsonate

Quick answers

What does īnsonō mean in Latin?
īnsonō, a verb, means “to make a sound or noise in or on; sound, sound loudly, resound, roar”.
What are the principal parts of īnsonō?
īnsonō, īnsonāre, īnsonuī (first conjugation, no passive, no supine stem).
How do you pronounce īnsonō?
In classical Latin, [ˈĩː.sɔ.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈin.so.no].