insono

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

in-sŏno, ŭi, 1, v. n.,

to make a noise in or on , to sound , sound loudly , resound (mostly poet.): Boreae cum spiritus alto Insonat Aegaeo, roars on the Aegean Sea , Verg. A. 12, 366: insonuere cavernae, id. ib. 2, 53: caeli delapsa per auras Insonuit, resounded flying through the air , id. ib. 11, 596; cf. pennis, Ov. M. 13, 608: calamis, to play upon , id. ib. 11, 161: insonuitque flagello, cracked his whip , Verg. A. 5, 579; cf. poet. with acc.: verbera insonuit, id. ib. 7, 451: quasi faucibus aliquid obstiterit, insonare, to clear one’s throat , to hawk , Quint. 11, 3, 121.

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