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verbfirst conjugation

sonō

sonō (present infinitive sonāre, perfect active sonuī or sonāvī, supine sonitum or sonātum)
Classical[ˈsɔ.noː]Ecclesiastical[ˈsɔː.no]
sonāns pres. act. ptcp.№ 583 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context)
    [...] tēla sonant umerīs [...]. [Apollo:] arrows rattle [in the quiver] on his shoulder …. (The sonic detail of arrows rattling as if eager to fly also implies that Apollo is “arcitenens”: bow-carrying. Cf. Iliad, 1.46: ἔκλαγξαν δ’ ἄρ’ ὀϊστοὶ ἐπ’ ὤμων χωομένοιο, …. — Arrows clatter on the shoulders of the angry god, ….)29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 4.149
  2. transitiveto sound, utter, speak, express, call
  3. transitiveto cry out, call; sing; celebrate, praise, extol

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

sonum dō; tuba sonat.
sonō -āre — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum

Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms

Fragor · Strepitus · Crepitus · Sonitus

Fragor (σφάραγος) is a hollow, discordant sound, as crashing, like δοῦπος; strepitus (θρέω, θορυβή?) a loud noisy sound, as roaring, bawling, shrieking, like κτύπος; crepitus (from κρέμβαλον?) a single sound, or the frequent repeating of the same sound, as clapping, like κροῦσις, κρότος; sonitus (ἔνοσις, Ἐνυώ) a sound consisting of the vibrations of elastic bodies, as ringing, clinking, like ἠχή. Cic. Top. 12. Quæruntur pedum crepitus, strepitus hominum. (v. 117.)

Conjugation conjugation 1

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.sonōsonābamsonābōsonuī
sonāvī		sonueram
sonāveram, sonāram		sonuerō
sonāverō, sonārō
2nd sg.sonāssonābāssonābissonuistī
sonāvistī, sonāstī		sonuerās
sonāverās, sonārās		sonueris
sonāveris, sonāris
3rd sg.sonatsonābatsonābitsonuit
sonāvit, sonāt		sonuerat
sonāverat, sonārat		sonuerit
sonāverit, sonārit
1st pl.sonāmussonābāmussonābimussonuimus
sonāvimus, sonāmus		sonuerāmus
sonāverāmus, sonārāmus		sonuerimus
sonāverimus, sonārimus
2nd pl.sonātissonābātissonābitissonuistis
sonāvistis, sonāstis		sonuerātis
sonāverātis, sonārātis		sonueritis
sonāveritis, sonāritis
3rd pl.sonantsonābantsonābuntsonuērunt
sonuēre, sonāvērunt, sonārunt, sonāvēre		sonuerant
sonāverant, sonārant		sonuerint
sonāverint, sonārint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.sonemsonāremsonuerim
sonāverim, sonārim		sonuissem
sonāvissem, sonāssem
2nd sg.sonēssonārēssonuerīs
sonāverīs, sonārīs		sonuissēs
sonāvissēs, sonāssēs
3rd sg.sonetsonāretsonuerit
sonāverit, sonārit		sonuisset
sonāvisset, sonāsset
1st pl.sonēmussonārēmussonuerīmus
sonāverīmus, sonārīmus		sonuissēmus
sonāvissēmus, sonāssēmus
2nd pl.sonētissonārētissonuerītis
sonāverītis, sonārītis		sonuissētis
sonāvissētis, sonāssētis
3rd pl.sonentsonārentsonuerint
sonāverint, sonārint		sonuissent
sonāvissent, sonāssent
passive indicative
passive indicative
formpresentimperfectfuture
1st sg.sonorsonābarsonābor
2nd sg.sonāris
sonāre		sonābāris
sonābāre		sonāberis
sonābere
3rd sg.sonātursonābātursonābitur
1st pl.sonāmursonābāmursonābimur
2nd pl.sonāminīsonābāminīsonābiminī
3rd pl.sonantursonābantursonābuntur
passive subjunctive
passive subjunctive
formpresentimperfect
1st sg.sonersonārer
2nd sg.sonēris
sonēre		sonārēris
sonārēre
3rd sg.sonētursonārētur
1st pl.sonēmursonārēmur
2nd pl.sonēminīsonārēminī
3rd pl.sonentursonārentur
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.sonāsonāre
pres. 2nd pl.sonātesonāminī
fut. 2nd sg.sonātōsonātor
fut. 3rd sg.sonātōsonātor
fut. 2nd pl.sonātōte—
fut. 3rd pl.sonantōsonantor
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivesonāresonārī
perfect infinitivesonuisse
sonāvisse, sonāsse		sonitum esse
sonātum esse
future infinitivesonitūrum esse
sonātūrum esse		sonitum īrī
sonātum īrī
present participlesonāns—
perfect participle—sonitus
sonātus, sonita, sonitā, sonitae, sonitam, sonitārum, sonitās, sonite, sonitī, sonitīs, sonitō, sonitōrum, sonitōs
future participlesonitūrus
sonātūrus, sonitūra, sonitūrā, sonitūrae, sonitūram, sonitūrārum, sonitūrās, sonitūre, sonitūrī, sonitūrīs, sonitūrō, sonitūrōrum, sonitūrōs, sonitūrum		sonandus
sonanda, sonandā, sonandae, sonandam, sonandārum, sonandās, sonande, sonandīs, sonandōrum, sonandōs
gerundsonandī, sonandō, sonandumsupinesonitum, sonitū

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

inanis verborum sonitus
mere words; empty sound.
quid significat, sonat haec vox?
what is the meaning, the original sense of this word?
vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)
to speak, utter a sound.

sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (ante-class. collat. form acc. to the 3d conj., sonit, Enn. and Att. ap. Non. 504, 32 sq.; sonunt, Enn. and Att. ib. 505, 11 sq.; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 863 P.;
I. inf. sonĕre, Att. ap. Non. 505; Lucr. 3, 156; part. fut. sonaturum, Hor. S. 1, 4, 44; perf. sonaverint, Tert. ad Scap. 3; gen. plur. sonantum, Cat. 34, 12), v. n. and a. [Sanscr. svan-, to sound; cf. O. H. Germ. svana; Engl. swan].
I. Neutr., to make a noise, to sound, resound: aes sonit, the trumpet sounds, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 Vahl.): plectra, Prop. 4 (5), 7, 62. tympana, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4 et saep.: cujanam vox prope me sonat? Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 55; id. Ps. 2, 4, 11; id. Rud. 1, 4, 10; id. Trin. 1, 2, 7: hic mare sonat, id. Rud. 1, 3, 23; cf.: mare, silvae Aquilone, Hor. Epod. 13, 3: omne sonabat arbustum fremitu silvaï frondosaï, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 196 Vahl.): clamore viri, stridore rudentes, Ov. M. 11, 495: omnia passim mulierum puerorumque ... ploratibus, Liv. 29, 17 et saep.: (hirundo) circum Stagna sonat, Verg. A. 12, 477; cf. Mart. 14, 223: saeva sonare Verbera, Verg. A. 6, 557: classica sonant, id. ib. 7, 637: displosa sonat vesica, Hor. S. 1, 8, 46: fletus rixaeque sonant, Tib. 2, 4, 37: natura fert, ut extrema ex alterā parte graviter, ex alterā autem acute sonent, Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: dicta non sonant, do not chink (i. e. are not money), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 74.—Impers. pass.: jubet tibias agere: sonatur, App. M. 5, p. 165.—
II. Act., to sound, utter, give utterance to, speak, call, cry out, sing, pour forth (syn.: edo, eloquor, cano): homines inconditis vocibus inchoatum quiddam et confusum sonantes, uttering, pronouncing, Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3: sonare subagreste quiddam, to speak, id. Brut. 74, 259: pingue quiddam, id. Arch. 10, 26; cf.: (Sibylla) nec mortale sonans, Verg. A. 6, 50: illa sonat raucum, Ov. A. A. 3, 289; cf.: nec vox hominem sonat, does not sound like that of a human being, Verg. A. 1, 328: tale sonat populus, calls, cries out, Ov. M. 15, 606: exululatque Evoeque sonat, id. ib. 6, 597; 4, 523: atavos et avorum antiqua sonans Nomina, boasting of, vaunting (syn.: crepans, jactans), Verg. A. 12, 529; cf.: sonant te voce minores, Sil. 2, 491: ut haec duo (honestas et utilitas) verbo inter se discrepare, re unum sonare videantur, to signify (syn.: significare, indicare), Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.: quā deterius nec Ille sonat, Juv. 3, 91: Epicurum non intellegere interdum, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, id est, quae res huic voci subiciatur, Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 6: furem sonuere juvenci, i. e. they betrayed him by their lowings, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 13. Pythius in longā carmina veste sonat, sings, pours forth, accompanies on the lyre, id. 2, 31 (3, 29), 16; cf.: sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyra, Hor. Epod. 9, 5: te sonantem ... dura fugae mala, id. C. 2, 13, 26: te carmina nostra sonabunt, shall sing of, i. e. shall celebrate, praise, extol, Ov. M. 10, 205; so, Germanas acies, Daca proelia, Stat. S. 4, 2, 66: acta viri laudesque, Nemes. Ecl. 1, 26.— Pass.: sive mendaci lyrā Voles sonari, Hor. Epod. 17, 40; cf.: magno nobis ore sonandus eris, Ov. A. A. 1, 206.—Hence, sŏ-nans, antis, P. a., noisy, sounding, sonorous (very rare): meatus animae gravior et sonantior, Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 13: quod est sonantius et elatius, id. ib. 7, 12, 4.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*swenh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*swonh₂éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*swonaō
  4. Latinsonō

From Proto-Italic *swonaō, from Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂-éye-ti, iterative present of *swenh₂- (“to sound, resound”). Cognate with Sanskrit स्वनति (svanati, “to sound, resound”) and Proto-Slavic *zvoniti (“to ring”).

Descendants
  • Catalansonar
  • Englishsonant
  • Englishsound
  • Englishsonnet
  • Frenchsonner
  • Italiansuonare
  • Italiansonare
  • Occitansonar
  • Portuguesesoar
  • Romaniansuna, sunare

Quick answers

What does sonō mean in Latin?
sonō, a verb, means “to sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry out, call”.
What are the principal parts of sonō?
sonō, sonāre, sonuī, sonitum (first conjugation).
How do you pronounce sonō?
In classical Latin, [ˈsɔ.noː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [ˈsɔː.no].
Where does sonō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti → Proto-Italic *swonaō → Latin sonō.