con-sŏno, ŭi, 1, v. n., to sound at the same time or together, to sound aloud, to resound (class., but rare till the Aug. period; not in Cic.).
I Lit.
A In gen.: apes evolaturae consonant vehementer, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 30: cum omne tibiarum genus organorumque consonuit, fit concentus ex dissonis, Sen. Ep. 84, 10: tubae utrimque canunt: contra consonat terra, Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 73; so of places, Verg. A. 8, 305: tum plausu virūm Consonat omne nemus, id. ib. 5, 149; Ov. M. 7, 451; Vitr. 5, 8, 1; Tac. A. 14, 32: consonuere cornicines funebri strepitu, Petr. 78, 6: consonante clamore nominatim Quinctium orare ut, etc., Liv. 36, 34, 7.—
B Esp., in rhetor.
1 Of harmony in discourse, Quint. 9, 3, 73; 9, 3, 45; 9, 3, 77.—
2 Of similar terminations of words, Quint. 9, 3, 75.—
II Trop., to agree, accord, harmonize (postAug.): quomodo inter se acutae ac graves voces consonent, Sen. Ep. 88, 9: quomodo animus meus secum consonet, id. ib.: sibi in faciendis ac non faciendis, Quint. 2, 20, 5: sibi (tenor vitae), Sen. Ep. 31, 8: Capricorno (Virginis astrum), Manil. 2, 281; 2, 622: hoc etenim contractui bonae fidei consonat, Dig. 19, 1, 48 fin. ; 35, 1, 90.
VII —Hence, consŏnans , antis, P. a.
A In gram., subst. (sc. littera; hence, fem. ), a consonant , Quint. 1, 4, 6; 1, 7, 9 et saep.—
B Trop., agreeing, consonant, fit, suitable (post-Aug. and rare): consonanti contractui bonae fidei, Dig. 12, 2, 34, § 8 al.—* Adv.: consŏnanter , consonantly, agreeably : consonantissime ad harmoniam composita, Vitr. 6, 1, 6.