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consonans
consonans
Latin
Participle
cōnsonāns m, f, n (genitive cōnsonantis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| nominative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs | cōnsonantia | ||
| genitive | cōnsonantis | cōnsonantium | |||
| dative | cōnsonantī | cōnsonantibus | |||
| accusative | cōnsonantem | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs | cōnsonantia | |
| ablative | cōnsonante, cōnsonantī1 | cōnsonantibus | |||
| vocative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs | cōnsonantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
Related terms
Etymology 2
Noun use of the participle cōnsonāns, in elliptical use for littera cōnsonāns (literally “resounding letter”), a calque of Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon).
Noun
cōnsonāns f (genitive cōnsonantis); third declension
Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs |
| genitive | cōnsonantis | cōnsonantum |
| dative | cōnsonantī | cōnsonantibus |
| accusative | cōnsonantem | cōnsonantēs |
| ablative | cōnsonante | cōnsonantibus |
| vocative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs |
Synonyms
Descendants
- English: consonant
- Italian: consonante
See also
References
- consonans in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “consonans”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.