consonus

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

con-sŏnus, a, um, adj., sounding together in harmony, harmonious (rare, mostly poet.).

I Lit.: clangor, Ov. M. 13, 610: fila lyrae, id. Am. 1, 8, 60: vox, Sil. 17, 448.—

B Subst.: consŏna , ae, f., = consonans, a consonant , Ter. Maur. p. 2395 P. sq.; cf.: consona elementa, id. p. 2385 ib.—

II Trop., accordant, fit, suitable : fila telae, Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, 42: credo Platonem vix putasse satis consonum fore, si, etc., * Cic. Att. 4, 16, 3; Ap. Met. 2, 1, 5. —With dat.: consona regno juvenem docere, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 69.—* Adv.: con-sŏnē , harmoniously : clamitare, Ap. Met. 1, 10, 13.

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