fluentisonus

fluentisonus

Latin

FWOTD – 1 December 2016

Etymology

Derived from fluentum (“current, flow”) +‎ -i- (connecting vowel) +‎ sonus (“sound”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /flu.enˈti.so.nus/, [fɫ̪uɛn̪ˈt̪ɪs̠ɔnʊs̠]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /flu.enˈti.so.nus/, [fluen̪ˈt̪iːs̬onus]

Adjective

fluentisonus (feminine fluentisona, neuter fluentisonum); first/second-declension adjective

1. resounding with the sound of waves; undisonant
   • Catullus, Poem 64, 52-54 (c. 60 BC):

     Namque fluentisono prospectans litore Diae / Thesea cedentem celeri cum classe tuetur / indomitos in corde gerens Ariadna furores;

     For there, looking forth from the wave-sounding shore of Dia, Ariadna sees Theseus, as he sails away with swift fleet, Ariadna bearing wild madness in her heart.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	fluentisonus	fluentisona	fluentisonum		fluentisonī	fluentisonae	fluentisona
Genitive	fluentisonī	fluentisonae	fluentisonī		fluentisonōrum	fluentisonārum	fluentisonōrum
Dative	fluentisonō		fluentisonō		fluentisonīs
Accusative	fluentisonum	fluentisonam	fluentisonum		fluentisonōs	fluentisonās	fluentisona
Ablative	fluentisonō	fluentisonā	fluentisonō		fluentisonīs
Vocative	fluentisone	fluentisona	fluentisonum		fluentisonī	fluentisonae	fluentisona

Synonyms

• undisonus

References

• “fluentisonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fluentisonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fluentisonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• fluentisonus in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700‎, pre-publication website, 2005-2016