Esperanto

Noun

persono ‎(accusative singular personon, plural personoj, accusative plural personojn)

1. person
2. (grammar) person

Ido

Noun

persono (plural personi)

1. person

Latin

Etymology

From per- ‎(“through”) +‎ sonō ‎(“make a noise, sound, resound”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈper.so.noː/

Verb

personō ‎(present infinitive personāre, perfect active personuī, supine personātum); first conjugation

1. (intransitive) I sound through and through, resound, ring.
   • 1832, Gregory XVI, Mirari Vos

     Personant horrendum in modum academiae ac gymnasia novis opinionum monstris, quibus non occulte amplius et cuniculis petitur catholica fides […]

2. (intransitive) I make a sound on a musical instrument, play, sound.
3. (transitive) I fill with sound, make resound.
4. (transitive, rare) I cry out, call aloud.

Inflection

• Note that personāvit is an alternative form for the third-person singular perfect active indicative personuit.

Synonyms

• (make a sound on a musical instrument): canō

Derived terms

• personātiō
• personātus

Related terms

References

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

Spanish

Verb

persono

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of personarse.