verbfirst conjugation
personō
personō (present infinitive personāre, perfect active personuī, supine personātum)
Classical[ˈpɛr.sɔ.noː]Ecclesiastical[ˈpɛr.so.no]
Meaning
- intransitiveto sound through and through, resound, ring
Personant horrendum in modum academiae ac gymnasia novis opinionum monstris, quibus non occulte amplius et cuniculis petitur catholica fides […]
1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos: - intransitiveto make a sound on a musical instrument, play, sound
- transitiveto fill with sound, make resound
- raretransitiveto cry out, call aloud
Conjugation conjugation 1
| form | present | imperfect | future | perfect | pluperfect | fut. perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | personō | personābam | personābō | personuī | personueram | personuerō personārō |
| 2nd sg. | personās | personābās | personābis | personuistī personāstī | personuerās personārās | personueris |
| 3rd sg. | personat | personābat | personābit | personuit | personuerat personārat | personuerit personārit, personaverit |
| 1st pl. | personāmus | personābāmus | personābimus | personuimus | personuerāmus | personuerimus personārimus |
| 2nd pl. | personātis | personābātis | personābitis | personuistis personāstis | personuerātis personārātis | personueritis personāritis |
| 3rd pl. | personant | personābant | personābunt | personuērunt personuēre, personārunt | personuerant personārant | personuerint personārint |
active subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect | perfect | pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | personem | personārem | personuerim personārim | personuissem personāssem |
| 2nd sg. | personēs | personārēs | personuerīs | personuissēs personāssēs |
| 3rd sg. | personet | personāret | personuerit personārit, personaverit | personuisset personāsset |
| 1st pl. | personēmus | personārēmus | personuerīmus personārīmus | personuissēmus personāssēmus |
| 2nd pl. | personētis | personārētis | personuerītis personārītis | personuissētis personāssētis |
| 3rd pl. | personent | personārent | personuerint personārint | personuissent personāssent |
passive indicative
| form | present | imperfect | future |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | personor | personābar | personābor |
| 2nd sg. | personāris personāre | personābāris personābāre | personāberis personābere |
| 3rd sg. | personātur | personābātur | personābitur |
| 1st pl. | personāmur | personābāmur | personābimur |
| 2nd pl. | personāminī | personābāminī | personābiminī |
| 3rd pl. | personantur | personābantur | personābuntur |
passive subjunctive
| form | present | imperfect |
|---|---|---|
| 1st sg. | personer | personārer |
| 2nd sg. | personēris personēre | personārēris personārēre |
| 3rd sg. | personētur | personārētur |
| 1st pl. | personēmur | personārēmur |
| 2nd pl. | personēminī | personārēminī |
| 3rd pl. | personentur | personārentur |
imperative
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| pres. 2nd sg. | personā | personāre |
| pres. 2nd pl. | personāte | personāminī |
| fut. 2nd sg. | personātō | personātor |
| fut. 3rd sg. | personātō | personātor |
| fut. 2nd pl. | personātōte | — |
| fut. 3rd pl. | personantō | personantor |
infinitives & participles
| form | active | passive |
|---|---|---|
| present infinitive | personāre | personārī |
| perfect infinitive | personuisse personāsse, personāvisse | personātum esse |
| future infinitive | personātūrum esse | personātum īrī |
| present participle | personāns | — |
| perfect participle | — | personātus personāta, personātā, personātae, personātam, personātārum, personātās, personātī, personātōrum, personātōs |
| future participle | personātūrus personātūra, personātūrā, personātūrae, personātūram, personātūrārum, personātūrās, personātūre, personātūrī, personātūrīs, personātūrō, personātūrōrum, personātūrōs, personātūrum | personandus personanda, personandā, personandae, personandam, personandārum, personandās, personande, personandīs, personandōrum, personandōs |
gerundpersonandī, personandō, personandumsupinepersonātum, personātū
per-sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (
I. perf. personavit, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24: personasse, Prud. στεφ. 34 praef.), v. n. and a.
I. Neutr.
A. To sound through and through, to resound:
cum domus cantu et cymbalis personaret, Cic. Pis. 10, 22: ut cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum nocturnisque conviviis tota vicinitas personet, id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Phil. 2, 41, 105: domus Molossis Personuit canibus, Hor. S. 2, 6, 114: ploratu lamentisque et planctibus tota regia personabat, Curt. 10, 5, 7: ab aetheris personat axe fragor, Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 46: tuba, Vulg. Judic. 7, 18.—B. To make a sound on a musical instrument, to sound, play:
citharā Iopas Personat, Verg. A. 1, 741: cymbalis, Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 5: buccinis, id. Jos. 6, 13.—II. Act.
A. To fill with sound or noise, to make resound (class.):
Cerberus haec regna latratu Personat, Verg. A. 6, 417: aequora conchā, id. ib. 6, 171: aures hujusmodi vocibus, Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 4; so, aurem, to bawl in one's ear, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7: ille humi prostraverat corpus, gemitu ejulatuque totam personans regiam, Curt. 8, 2, 5: pulpita socco, to play in comedy, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 314: mons choris Aegipanum undique personatur, Sol. 24.—B. To cry out, call aloud (rare but class.):
illae vero non loquuntur solum, verum etiam personant, huc unius mulieris libidinem esse prolapsam, Cic. Cael. 20, 47: quas res isti in angulis personant, id. Rep. 1, 2, 2: totam inde per urbem personat, ut, etc., Val. Fl. 2, 163; Tac.A. 14, 15; Vulg. Jer. 31, 7.—C. To sound or blow upon an instrument (post-class.):
personavit classicum, gave the signal for attack, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
per-sonō uī, —, āre,
to sound through and through, resound, fill with sound, reëcho: cum domus cantu personaret: domus Personuit canibus, H.: totis castris, to be heard, L.: ab aetherio personat axe fragor, O.: citharā, to play loudly, V.: haec regna latratu, V.: aurīs vocibus: aurem, bawl in the ear, H.—To cry out, call aloud: (res) in angulis: huc libidinem esse prolapsam: coram in foro personare, Hernicos paratos, L.
Origins
Proto-Indo-European *per-der. Proto-Italic *peri- Latin per- Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-yeti Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti Proto-Italic *swonaō Latin sonō Latin personō From per- (“through”) + sonō (“make a noise, sound, resound”).
Descendants
- Englishpersonate
- Spanishpersonarse
In English words that came into English from personō
- personatepersonō