LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
adjectivefirst/second-declension adjective

sonōrus

sonōrus (feminine sonōra, neuter sonōrum, adverb sonōrē)
Classical[sɔˈnoː.rʊs]Ecclesiastical[soˈnɔː.rus]

Meaning

  1. adjectivesounding, resounding
    Fama rerum tuarum celeberrima atque ingens et sonorum nomen.The highly renowned fame of your deeds and your mighty and resounding reputation. (Petrarca, Liber XXIV, Ep. IV)

Declension

singular
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesonōrussonōrasonōrum
genitivesonōrīsonōraesonōrī
dativesonōrōsonōraesonōrō
accusativesonōrumsonōramsonōrum
ablativesonōrōsonōrāsonōrō
vocativesonōresonōrasonōrum
plural
formmasculinefeminineneuter
nominativesonōrīsonōraesonōra
genitivesonōrōrumsonōrārumsonōrōrum
dativesonōrīssonōrīssonōrīs
accusativesonōrōssonōrāssonōra
ablativesonōrīssonōrīssonōrīs
vocativesonōrīsonōraesonōra

sŏnōrus, a, um (collat. form sŏnōris, e, Diom. 497 and 498), adj. sonor,
I. noisy, loud, sounding, resounding, sonorous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. sonans): cithara, Tib. 3, 4, 69: aes, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 149: arcus, id. in Ruf. 2, 80: tempestates sonoras, Verg. A. 1, 53: tonitru, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 26: pelage, Lucr. 5, 35 Lachm.: flumina, Verg. A. 12, 139: nemus, Stat. Th. 4, 34: Phocis (on account of the Delphic oracle), id. ib. 11, 281: insula fluctibus, Claud. B. Gild. 512: versus qui crepitant pronuntiatione fragosā et exsultantem informant dictionem, ut (Verg. A. 9, 503): at tuba terribilem, etc., Diom. p. 498 P.—* Adv.: sŏnōrē, loudly: oscitavit (with clare), Gell. 4, 20, 8.

Origins

From sonor (“a sound”) + -us (adjective-forming suffix).

Descendants
  • Catalansonor
  • Englishsonorous
  • Frenchsonore
  • Italiansonoro
  • Portuguesesonoro
  • Romaniansonor
  • Spanishsonoro

Quick answers

What does sonōrus mean in Latin?
sonōrus, a adjective, means “sounding, resounding”.
How do you pronounce sonōrus?
In classical Latin, [sɔˈnoː.rʊs]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [soˈnɔː.rus].