circumsono

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

circum-sŏno, āre, v. n. and a. (rare but class.).

I Neutr. , to sound , resound ( with something ) on every side , to be filled with any sound : locus, qui circumsonat ululatibus cantuque symphoniae, Liv. 39, 10, 7; 27, 18, 16; Vitr. 5, 8, 1; Manil. 5, 582. —

B Of the sound itself, to resound : dux theatri sui audiens plausum, in modum planctus, circumsonare, Flor. 4, 2, 45.—

II Act.

A To surround a thing with a sound , to make something to echo or resound , to fill everywhere with a sound : aures vocibus undique, Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5 (cf. id. Fam. 6, 18, 4, and Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7, personare aurem): clamor hostes circumsonat, Liv. 3, 28, 3: Rutulus murum circumsonat armis, Verg. A. 8, 474; cf.: quā totum Nereus circumsonat orbem, Ov. M. 1, 187 Haupt (al. circumsonat): me luxuria undique circumsonuit, Sen. Tranq. 1, 9.—

β Pass. : Threicio Scythioque fere circumsonor ore, Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 47; 4, 10, 111: nunc procul a patriā Geticis circumsonor armis, id. ib. 5, 3, 11.

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