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tono
tono
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin tonus < Ancient Greek.
Noun
tono m (plural toni)
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Latin
Etymology
Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tenh₂- (“to thunder”). Cognate with English thunder, stun, stound, astonish.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈto.noː/, [ˈtɔ.noː]
Verb
tonō (present infinitive tonāre, perfect active tonuī, supine tonitum); first conjugation
- I thunder.
- I speak thunderously.
- I resound like thunder.
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References
- tono in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- tono in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “tono”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.