dissonus

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂-

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Indo-European *swonh₂éyeti

Proto-Italic *swonaō

Latin sonō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -us

Latin -sonus

Latin dissonus

From dis- + -sonus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdɪs.sɔ.nʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈdis.so.nus]

Adjective

dissonus (feminine dissona, neuter dissonum); first/second-declension adjective

1. dissonant, discordant, confused

   Synonym: absonus

   Antonyms: cōnsonus, conveniēns, congruēns

2. disagreeing, different
3. jarring

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	dissonus	dissona	dissonum		dissonī	dissonae	dissona
genitive	dissonī	dissonae	dissonī		dissonōrum	dissonārum	dissonōrum
dative	dissonō	dissonae	dissonō		dissonīs
accusative	dissonum	dissonam	dissonum		dissonōs	dissonās	dissona
ablative	dissonō	dissonā	dissonō		dissonīs
vocative	dissone	dissona	dissonum		dissonī	dissonae	dissona

Antonyms

• consonus

References

• “dissonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “dissonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• “dissonus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.