tonus

tŏnus, i, m., = τόνος.

• The stretching, straining of a rope: mollior, vehementior, Vitr. 10, 10, 6. —
• II Trop.
• • A Lit., the sound, tone, of an instrument, Vitr. 5, 4; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1, 21 sq.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 959.—Of the tone of a syllable, accent, Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 25, 1 sq.—
  • B Transf.
  • • 1 Like our tone, in painting, of the natural color of an object, Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29.—
    • 2 For tonitrus, thunder, Sen. Q. N. 2, 56, 1.

tonus (tonos), ī, m. (τόνος), I) das Spannen eines Seiles, mollior (schlaffere), vehementior (straffere), Vitr. 10, 10, 6. – II) meton., der Ton, 1) eig., der Ton eines Instrumentes, Vitr. u.a.: der Silbe, d.i. Akzent, Nigid. bei Gell. 13, 25 (26), 1. – 2) insbes., der Donner, altlat. nach Sen. nat. qu. 2, 56, 1. – 3) übtr., in der Malerei der Ton der Farbe, die natürliche Farbe von einer jeden Gestalt, die zwischen Licht u. Schatten gesetzt wird, der Glanz, Plin. 35, 25.

tonus [CL] 1 (as quality of linguistic sound) pitch (also w. ref. to corresponding written symbol). b vocal sound of a certain quality, tone. prosodiae ‥ dividuntur ‥ in ~os, in tempora, in respirationes, in passiones Aldh. PR 141; ~i sunt tres: acutus, gravis, circumflexus. acutus ~us est nota per obliquum ascendens in dexteram partem, ut est ‘páx’ Ib.; prosodia apud Grecos dividitur in propriam prosodiam et ~os et passiones Bacon CSPhil. 514.  b cum ~orum concentibus quibus voces concrepant Osb. Clar. V. Ed. Conf. 24; [Angli boreales] simili canendo symphonica utuntur harmonia, binis tamen solummodo ~orum differentiis et vocum modulando varietatibus Gir. DK I 13; subtiles corde emittunt voces sive ~os tenues Bart. Angl. XIX 132; ex quibus consonis / tonis mellisonis / reddis armonias J. Howd. Lira 2. 13. 2 (mus.) tone (as interval); b (transf., w. ref. to celestial distance in Pythagorean cosmology). [Pythagoras] quomodo ~us ex duobus semitoniis et commate constet ‥ ostendit Adel. ED 27; namque toni partes ars negat esse pares Neckam DS X 132; discordantiarum ‥ septima dicitur ‘~us’ et sumitur in sesquioctava proportione ut 9 ad 8 Garl. Mus. Mens. 10; si descendimus ~um et iterum ~um ascendimus Id. Mus. Mens. app. P 95; ~us et diatesseron componunt diapente Mens. & Disc. (Anon. IV) 67; semitonium dicitur ~us imperfectus, quia medietas ejus non est precise Ib. 69.  b propter primum mundane harmonie ~um, qui a terra usque ad lunam est Alb. Lond. DG 7. 4. 3 (mus.) mode. b distinctive plainchant melody, tone. ad melodiam ‥ faciendam requiruntur ‥ tonus yperlodius [l. hyperlydius], podorius [l. hypodorius] ‥ et suavis vox ‥ . ‥ dicitur yperludius novissimus, sc. acutissimus [cf. Isid. Etym. III 20. 7] Bart. Angl. XIX 132 p. 1252.  b septem antiphone secundi ~i debent cantari Beleth RDO 63. 70D; due lectiones ad missam leguntur, una sub ~o nocturnali, altera sub ~o conmuni Ib. 90. 92A; in cantu ecclesie si quid erratum fuerit ‥ in ~o inponendo ‥ nemo illum [sc. precentorem] prejudicet Obs. Barnwell 58; hii octo modi vulgariter ‘~i’ vocantur, ut cum dicitur ‘primus ~us’, ‘secundus ~us’, et sic deinceps Tunst. 229.

tŏnus (tŏnŏs), ī, m. (τόνος), ¶ 1 tension dʼune corde : Vitr. Arch. 10, 10, 6 ¶ 2 ton, son dʼun instrument : Vitr. Arch. 5, 4 ; Macr. Scip. 2, 1 || accent dʼune syllabe : Nigid. d. Gell. 13, 25, 1 ¶ 3 tonnerre : Cæcin. d. Sen. Nat. 2, 56, 1 ¶ 4 [fig.] le clair-obscur : Plin. 35, 29.

tonus , i. m.
聲音。畫中亮地。

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tŏnus, i, m.: tuono Sen

● distanza (fra corpi celesti) Ig.