noun · femininethird declension
vōx
vōx f (genitive vōcis)
Classical[ˈwoːks]Ecclesiastical[ˈvɔks]
№ 169 of the 1,000 commonest wordsMille Verba core vocabulary
Meaning
- voice
Nulla tamen vox est ab eis audita
Although no voice was heard from themc. 52 BCE, Julius Caesar, Commentarii de bello Gallico VII.17 - accent
- speech, remark, expression, (turn of) phrase
Hīs ego sānctissimīs reī pūblicae vōcibus et eōrum hominum, quī hoc idem sentiunt, mentibus paucā respondēbō.
I will respond with a few thoughts to these most sacred remarks of the Republic, and to those men who feel the same way. (Cicero has just concluded a section of the speech featuring the imaginary comments of a personified Roman Republic.)63 BCE, Cicero, In Catilinam orationes 1.29 - word
- voice; indicating the relation of the subject of the verb to the action which the verb expresses
Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers
sonus ōris hūmānī; vōce loquimur et cantāmus.vōx vōcis f — in Mille Verba, Corpus Hūmānum
sonus ōrisvōx, vōcis (f) — in Evangelium secundum Matthaeum, ch. 2 and Metamorphoses I, †
voice
vōx, vōcis — in Viri Romae Facillimi, ch. 3, 5, 8, 12, 20, 21, 22, 24
Choosing the right word Döderlein's Latin Synonyms
Verbum · Vocabulum · Vox · Dictum · Dicterium
1. Verbum (ἄραβος) is a word, as a part of speech; whereas vocabulum, as a part of language. The verba are verbs, the vocabula words in general. 2. Verba denote words in general, with reference to their meaning; voces, with reference to their form and their sound. 3. As a grammatical term, vox comprehends all the eight parts of speech; vocabulum, all legitimate words, consequently with the exclusion of interjections or natural sounds; nomen, only the nouns, adjectives, substantives, and pronouns; and verbum, only the verbs. 4. Verbum, in a collective sense, denotes a general notion, that which is said; whereas vox, dictum, and dicterium, are particular expressions; vox (ἠχή), an expression of feeling or passion, like an exclamation; dictum, an expression of wit or intellect, like a bon mot. Tac. Hist. iii. 39. Audita est sævissima Vitellii vox, qua se pavisse oculos spectata inimici morte jactavit; comp. with Ann. vi. 20. Scitum Passieni dictum percrebuit, neque meliorem unquam servum neque deteriorem dominum fuisse. 5. Dictum is the general and popular expression for any pointed saying; dicterium, a select term of later times for a particularly smart dictum, which is not merely the product of natural wit, but also of cultivation refined by literature and intercourse with polished society. (iv. 29.)
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | vōx | vōcēs |
| genitive | vōcis | vōcum |
| dative | vōcī | vōcibus |
| accusative | vōcem | vōcēs |
| ablative | vōce | vōcibus |
| vocative | vōx | vōcēs |
Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book
- una voce; uno ore
- unanimously.
- magna voce clamare
- to shout at the top of one's voice.
- contentio, remissio vocis
- raising, lowering the voice.
- vox canōra (Brut. 63. 234)
- a melodious, ringing voice.
- nulla vox est ab eo audita
- no sound passed his lips.
- una et consentiens vox est
- all are unanimous.
- vocis imago, or simply imago
- an echo.
- vox lenis, suppressa, summissa
- a gentle, subdued voice.
10 more phrases
- vox magna, clara (Sulla 10. 30)
- a strong, loud voice.
- saxa voci respondent or resonant
- the rocks re-echo.
- quid significat, sonat haec vox?
- what is the meaning, the original sense of this word?
- vocum et fidium (nervorum) cantus
- vocal and instrumental music.
- vox Pythia (Pythica) (Liv. 1. 56)
- an oracle given by the Delphian Apollo (Apollo Pythius).
- vox gravis, acuta, parva, mediocris
- a deep, high, thin, moderate voice.
- quae notio or sententia subiecta est huic voci?
- what is the meaning, the original sense of this word?
- haec vox longa syllaba terminatur, in longam syllabam cadit, exit
- this word ends in a long syllable.
- vox, nomen carendi or simply carere hoc significat (Tusc. 1. 36. 88)
- the word carere means...
- contumeliosis vocibus prosequi aliquem (vid. sect. VI. 11, note Prosequi...)
- to use insulting expressions to any one.
vox, vōcis, f. voco,
I. a voice, sound, tone, cry, call.
I. Lit.:
omnes voces hominis, ut nervi in fidibus, ita sonant, ut a motu animi quoque sunt pulsae, etc., Cic. de Or. 3, 57, 216: exsurge praeco ... Exerce vocem, Plaut. Poen. prol. 13: set comprimunda vox mihi atque oratio'st, i. e. I must hold my peace, id. Ps. 1, 4, 16: humana, id. Bacch. 5, 2, 22: ulceribus vocis via saepta coïbat, Lucr. 6, 1148; cf.: quarum (faucium) vitio et frangitur et obscuratur et exasperatur et scinditur vox, Quint. 11, 3, 20: mira est quaedam natura vocis, Cic. Or. 17, 57: cum (eloquentia) constet e voce atque motu, id. ib. 17, 55: vox inflexa ad miserabilem sonum, id. de Or. 2, 46, 193: inclinata ululantique voce canere, id. ib. 8, 27: legem Voconiam magnā voce et bonis lateribus suasi, id. Sen. 5, 14; so, magnā, Hor. S. 1, 7, 31: 1, 9, 76: summa id. ib. 1, 3, 8: sedata et depressa. Auct. Her. S, 12, 21: tremebunda, id. ib. 3, 14, 25: theatrum ita resonans, ut usque Romam significationes vocesque referantur, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42: vocem late nemora alta remittunt, echo, Verg. A. 12, 929: ut nostrorum militum vocibus nonnihil carperetur, cries, shouts, Caes. B. G. 3, 17; cf.: enimvero voce'st opus: Nausistrata, exi, I must exert my voice, must call out, Ter. Phorm. 5, 7, 92.— Of inanimate things (poet.): ad sonitum vocis (i. e. remorum) vestigia torsit, Verg. A. 3, 669: fractae voces (maris), id. ib. 3, 556; cf. Serv. ad Verg. A. 7, 519; Lucr. 4, 524 sqq.—II. Transf.
A. That which is uttered by the voice, i. e. a word, saying, speech, sentence, proverb, maxim (syn.: vocabulum, verbum); sing.:
dico, Epicurum non intellegere, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, id est, quae res huic voci subiciatur, Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 6: illa Platonis vera et tibi certe non inaudita vox, id. de Or. 3, 6, 21: hanc sententiam significare videtur Laconis illa vox, id. Tusc. 1, 46, 111; so, νόημα, quā voce omnis intellectus accipi potest, Quint. 8, 5, 12: is verbi sensus, vis ea vocis erat, Ov. F. 5, 484: vocem pro aliquo mittere, Cic. Sest. 19, 42; id. Fl. 3, 6: vocem exprimere, id. Att. 2, 21, 5; Caes. B. G. 1, 32; cf.: vox populi Romani majestate indigna, id. ib. 7, 17, 3: quod est positum in voce simplice, Quint. 1, 9, 4: nescit vox missa reverti, Hor. A. P. 390: constitue, nihil esse opis in hac voce: civis Romanus sum, Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 65, § 168; id. Lael. 15, 59; Caes. B. C. 1, 7; Plin. Ep. 4, 17, 9: ego cum Graecos facerem ... Versiculos, vetuit tali me voce Quirinus: In silvam non ligna feras, etc., Hor. S. 1, 10, 32: siderā excantata voce Thessalā, incantation, id. Epod. 5, 45: consulum voci atque imperio non oboedire, command, Cic. Rab. Perd. 8, 23; Val. Max. 2, 2, 4: unā voce, unanimously, Cic. de Or. 1, 11, 46.—Plur.: cum illius nefarii gladiatoris voces percrebuissent, Cic. Mur. 25, 50: non igitur ex singulis vocibus philosophi spectandi sunt, sayings, id. Tusc. 5, 10, 31: ex percunctatione nostrorum vocibusque Gallorum ac mercatorum, etc., Caes. B. G. 1, 39: voces per vinum, somnum. etc. ... emissae, Quint. 5, 7, 36: victus Veneris Vocibus, Hor. C. 4, 6, 22: contumeliosae, abusive expressions, abuse, Caes. B. C. 1, 69: sunt verba et voces, quibus hunc lenire dolorem Possis, sayings, maxims, doctrines, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 34; cf.: populum falsis Dedocet uti Vocibus, id. C. 2, 2, 21: deripere lunam vocibus, with charms, incantations, id. Epod. 17, 78; so, sacrae, id. ib. 17, 6: Marsae, id. ib. 5, 76.—B. Speech, language, in gen., = sermo (poet. and in post-Aug. prose):
cultus hominum recentum Voce formasti catus (Mercurius), Hor. C. 1, 10, 3: Graiā scierit sive Latinā Voce loqui, Ov. Tr. 3, 12, 40: cum civem ex voce cognovisset, Just. 11, 15.—C. Accent, tone:
ipsa natura ... in omni verbo posuit acutam vocem, Cic. Or. 18, 58; cf.: rustica vox et agrestis quosdam delectat, pronunciation, accent, id. de Or. 3, 11, 42.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
vōx vōcis, f
VOC-, a voice, sound, tone, utterance, cry, call: omnes voces hominis: cum (eloquentia) constet e voce atque motu: magna: summā, H.: vocem late nemora alta remittunt, echo, V.: ut nostrorum militum vocibus non nihil carperetur, shouts, Cs.: unā voce populi R. efferri, by the unanimous voice: ad sonitum vocis vestigia torsit, i. e. at the sound of the oars, V.—An utterance, word, saying, speech, sentence, proverb, maxim: non intellegere, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis: illa Platonis vera vox: flens diu vocem non misit, L.: cum quaereret neque ullam vocem exprimere posset, extort an answer, Cs.: nescit vox missa reverti, H.: vetuit me tali voce Quirinus, etc., in these words, H.: sidera excantata voce Thessalā, incantation, H.: consulum voci atque imperio non oboedire, command: tuis victus Venerisque gratae Vocibus, H.: contumeliosae, abuse, Cs.: Sunt verba et voces, quibus hunc lenire dolorem Possis, maxims, H.: Deripere lunam vocibus, by incantations, H.—Speech, language: cultūs hominum recentum Voce formasti catus (Mercurius), H.: Graecā scierit sive Latinā Voce loqui, O.—Pronunciation, accent, tone: rustica: acuta.
Origins
From Proto-Italic *wōks, from Proto-Indo-European *wṓkʷs (“speech, voice”) (with stem vōc- for voqu- from the nominative case), an o-grade root noun of *wekʷ- (“to speak”). Cognates include Sanskrit वाच् (vā́c) and Ancient Greek ὄψ (óps).
Elsewhere
- Catalanveu
- Frenchvoixfrom Old French vois
- Englishvoicefrom Old French vois
- Italianvoce
- Occitanvotz
- Portuguesevozfrom Old Galician-Portuguese voz
- Spanishvozfrom Old Spanish voz
- Romanianboace
- Romanianvoce
- Sardinianboche
Rhaeto-Romance
- Friulianvôs
- Romanshvusch