LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
verbthird conjugation, no passive

tonēscō

tonēscō (present infinitive tonēscere, perfect active tonuī, supine tonitum)
Classical[tɔˈneːs.koː]Ecclesiastical[toˈnɛs.ko]

Meaning

  1. intransitiveto resound; to boom (make a hollow, resonant sound)

Conjugation conjugation 3

active indicative
formpresentimperfectfutureperfectpluperfectfut. perfect
1st sg.tonēscōtonēscēbamtonēscamtonuītonueramtonuerō
2nd sg.tonēscistonēscēbāstonēscēstonuistītonuerāstonueris
3rd sg.tonēscittonēscēbattonēscettonuittonuerattonuerit
1st pl.tonēscimustonēscēbāmustonēscēmustonuimustonuerāmustonuerimus
2nd pl.tonēscitistonēscēbātistonēscētistonuististonuerātistonueritis
3rd pl.tonēscunttonēscēbanttonēscenttonuērunt
tonuēre
tonueranttonuerint
active subjunctive
active subjunctive
formpresentimperfectperfectpluperfect
1st sg.tonēscamtonēsceremtonuerimtonuissem
2nd sg.tonēscāstonēscerēstonuerīstonuissēs
3rd sg.tonēscattonēscerettonuerittonuisset
1st pl.tonēscāmustonēscerēmustonuerīmustonuissēmus
2nd pl.tonēscātistonēscerētistonuerītistonuissētis
3rd pl.tonēscanttonēscerenttonuerinttonuissent
imperative
imperative
formactivepassive
pres. 2nd sg.tonēsce—
pres. 2nd pl.tonēscite—
fut. 2nd sg.tonēscitō—
fut. 3rd sg.tonēscitō—
fut. 2nd pl.tonēscitōte—
fut. 3rd pl.tonēscuntō—
infinitives & participles
infinitives & participles
formactivepassive
present infinitivetonēscere—
perfect infinitivetonuisse—
future infinitivetonitūrum esse—
present participletonēscēns—
future participletonitūrus—
gerundtonēscendī, tonēscendō, tonēscendumsupinetonitum, tonitū

tŏnesco, ĕre,
I. v. inch. n. [tono], to resound: caelitum altum tonitribus templum tonescit, Varr. ap. Non. 180, 15.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tenh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)tonh₂éyeti
  3. Proto-Italic*tonaō
  4. Latintonēscō

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁ti Proto-Indo-European *-sḱéti Proto-Indo-European *-éh₁sḱeti Proto-Italic *-ēskō Latin -ēscō Latin tonēscō From tonō + -ēscō (inchoative suffix).

Quick answers

What does tonēscō mean in Latin?
tonēscō, a verb, means “to resound; to boom (make a hollow, resonant sound)”.
What are the principal parts of tonēscō?
tonēscō, tonēscere, tonuī, tonitum (third conjugation, no passive).
How do you pronounce tonēscō?
In classical Latin, [tɔˈneːs.koː]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [toˈnɛs.ko].
Where does tonēscō come from?
Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- → Proto-Indo-European *(s)tonh₂éyeti → Proto-Italic *tonaō → Latin tonēscō.