sonorus

sŏnōrus, a, um (collat. form sŏnōris, e, Diom. 497 and 498), adj. [sonor],

• noisy, loud, sounding, resounding, sonorous (poet. and in post-Aug. prose for the class. sonans): cithara, Tib. 3, 4, 69: aes, Claud. IV. Cons. Hon. 149: arcus, id. in Ruf. 2, 80: tempestates sonoras, Verg. A. 1, 53: tonitru, Claud. Laud. Stil. 2, 26: pelage, Lucr. 5, 35 Lachm.: flumina, Verg. A. 12, 139: nemus, Stat. Th. 4, 34: Phocis (on account of the Delphic oracle), id. ib. 11, 281: insula fluctibus, Claud. B. Gild. 512: versus qui crepitant pronuntiatione fragosā et exsultantem informant dictionem, ut (Verg. A. 9, 503): at tuba terribilem, etc., Diom. p. 498 P.—* Adv.: sŏnōrē, loudly: oscitavit (with clare), Gell. 4, 20, 8.

sonōrus, a, um (sonor), schallend, klingend, ertönend, rauschend, klangvoll, cithara, Tibull.: flumina, Verg.: tempestas, Verg.: terrificus fremitus et sonorus, entsetzliches, durchdringendes Gebrüll (des Löwen), Gell. – Compar., rationabilius est sonoriusque m. folg. Acc. u. Infin., Prisc. 2, 3. – ➳ Nbf. nach der 3. Dekl., sonores versus (= στίχοι ἠχητικοί), Diom. 498, 26 u. 499, 24 K.

sonorus [CL] 1 full of sound, loud. b sweet or pleasing in sound, melodious. c (of diction) high-sounding. montanus torrens crebris tempestatum rivulis auctus ~oque meatu alveos exundans Gildas EB 17; incipit ‥ pontifex ~a voce initium sequentis antiphonae Ælf. EC 45; percussus Eustachius inter scapulas ictu ~o W. Poit. II 24; trachea arteria ‥ que est ‥ anulosa, ut quasi cum quadam mora in anulis aer temperiem accipiat et ~ior vox redderetur, sicut in cavernis criptarum melius vox sonat Ric. Med. Anat. 221; censor censebit, cum bursa sonora jubebit Walt. Wimb. Scel. 24.  b armoniam surdi sumpserunt aure sonoram Aldh. VirgV 474; nec visus potest discernere, utrum sit alba vel nigra; nec auditus, an sit ~a vel rauca Simil. Anselmi 20; anima ‥ tota oculis colorata, tota auribus ~a, tota naribus odora H. Reading (I) Dial. VII 1241C; c1330 quid ‥ tam dulce in memoria ‥ quid ~ius in aure divina seu perfeccius in anima quam corpus Christi filii Dei in ara crucis pro peccatoribus extensum ‥ immolare (Reg. Ebor.) Eng. Clergy 141.  c sive efficax dicendi seu rusticum minusque ~um Bede Sam. 513A; siliqua ‥ saeculari sapientiae ‥ comparatur cujus sermo facundiae plausu ~us sed virtute utilitatis est vacuus Id. Luke 523C. 2 (of thing) sonorous, that produces sound (also as sb. n.). aes namque ~um, et naturae diu durabilis est Bede Tab. 462A; similiter ad hoc quod sit auditus preexigitur collisio corporum que ~a sint, [et] per illam collisionem detegitur et manifestatur eorum sonoritas auditui J. Blund An. 213; tintinnabulum argenteum, quia omni metallo ~ius est Greg. Mir. Rom. 8; vox ‥ grossa est quando ~um nimis cedit et redit cum virtute propria, sed cum mora magna. item quando ~um tremit secundum partes subtiliores aut minus subtiles, dicitur vox ~a magis et minus. item quando partes ~i inconformiter movent, dicitur sonus asper, quando vero conformiter, levis Ps.-Gros. Gram. 27; 1391 in excambio unius campane fracte cum alia integra et magis ~a Ac. Durh. 267.

sŏnōrus, (14) a, um (sonor), retentissant sonore : Virg. En. 1, 53 ; 12, 139 ; Tib. 3, 4, 69 || compar. n. sonorius Prisc. Gramm. 2, 3.

➳ forme sonoris Diom. 498, 25 ; 499, 24.

sonorus , a, um. adj.
大响者。Tempestates sonorae 大响之暴風。Sonorae cytharae 美聲之絲。

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sonōrus adj.

• sonor, noisy, loud, resounding, sonorous: tempestates, V.: flumina, V.