sound

sound, healthy, sane.

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sānus, a, um (sanun', for sanusne, Plaut. Bacch. 3, 6, 37; id. Men. 5, 2, 66; id. Mere. 2, 2, 21; 2, 4, 21; id. Rud. 3, 2, 19; id. Truc. 2, 4, 13; cf.

sanan',

id. Am. 3, 2, 48; id. Cure. 5, 2, 54; id. Cist. 4, 1, 14; id. Ep. 5, 1, 42; id. Men. 2, 3, 43;

and sanin',

id. Ps. 4, 7, 83), adj. [kindr. with SA, sôs], sound, whole, healthy, physically or mentally (cf.: integer, incolumis, sospes, salvus).

Lit., sound in body, whole, healthy, well:

pars corporis,

Cic. Sest. 65, 135:

sensus si sani sunt et valentes,

id. Ac. 2, 7, 19:

sanis modo et integris sensibus,

id. ib. 2, 25, 90:

corpora sana,

Quint. 8, prooem. §

19: ut alimenta sanis corporibus agri cultura, sic sanitatem aegris medicina promittit, Cels. praef. 1: homo,

id. ib. 1, 1:

sanum recteque valentem,

Hor. Ep. 1, 16, 21:

domi meae eccam salvam et sanam,

Plaut. Ep. 4, 1, 36:

sana et salva amica,

id. Merc. 5, 2, 48 (cf. infra, B. and II. A.):

sanus ac robustus,

Quint. 2, 10, 6:

si noles sanus, curres hydropicus,

Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 34:

sanus utrisque Auribus atque oculis,

id. S. 2, 3, 284:

ulcera sana facere,

Cato, R. R. 157, 3; cf.:

aliquem sanum facere... sanus fieri,

id. ib. 157, 8:

si eo medicamento sanus factus sit,

Cic. Off. 3, 24, 92.— Poet.:

volnera ad sanum nunc coiere mea (for ad sanitatem),

are healed, Prop. 3 (4), 24, 18.— Comp.:

aegrotare malim quam esse tuā salute sanior,

Plaut. Truc. 2, 2, 5.— Sup.:

interim licet negotia agere, ambulare, etc.... perinde atque sanissimo,

Cels. 7, 4, 4.—

Transf., sound, safe, whole, etc. (very rare): Ac. Salvast, navis, ne time. Ch. Quid alia armamenta? Ac. Salva et sana sunt, Plaut. Merc. 1, 2, 62:

sana et salva res publica,

Cic. Fam. 12, 23, 3:

civitas,

Liv. 3, 17:

nare sagaci Aëra non sanum sentire,

i. e. tainted, Luc. 7, 830.—

Trop.

Sound in mind, in one's right mind, rational, sane, sober, discreet, etc.:

eos sanos intellegi necesse est, quorum mens motu quasi morbi perturbata nullo sit: qui contra affecti sunt, hos insanos appellari necesse est,

Cic. Tusc. 3,5,11: Am. Delirat uxor. Al. Equidem ecastor sana et salva sum, Plaut. Am. 2, 2, 98: Am. Haec sola sanam mentem gestat meorum familiarium. Br. Immo omnes sani sunt profecto. Am. At me uxor insanum facit Suis foedis factis, id. ib. 5, 1, 31 sqq.; cf. Cic. Off. 3, 25, 95:

quam ego postquam inspexi non ita amo, ut sani solent Homines, sed eodem pacto ut insani solent,

Plaut. Merc. 2, 1, 38:

sanus non est ex amore illius (shortly after: insanior ex amore),

id. ib. 2, 3, 106:

si sis sanus aut sapias satis... nisi sis stultior stultissimo,

id. Am. 3, 2, 23; cf.

(opp. insipiens),

id. Bacch. 4, 3, 14:

hic homo sanus non est,

is out of his senses, is insane, id. Am. 1, 1, 246; id. Merc. 5, 2, 110; id. Men. 1, 3, 15; 2, 2, 39 et saep.; cf.: En. Sanun' es? Ch. Pol sanus si sim, non te medicum mihi expetam, id. Merc. 2, 4, 21; so, sanun' es? sanan' es? sanin' estis? v. the passages cited init.:

satin' sanus es?

are you in your senses? Ter. Heaut. 4, 3, 29 (opp. sobrius); 5, 2, 33; id. And. 4, 4, 10; id. Ad. 5, 8, 14; id. Phorm. 5, 3, 19.—With gen.: satin' tu sanus mentis aut animi tui, Qui conditionem hanc repudies? Plaut. Trin. 2, 4, 53:

vix sanae mentis estis,

Liv. 32, 21:

mentis bene sanae,

Hor. S. 1, 9, 44:

mentis sanae vix compos,

Ov. M. 8, 35; so, sanae mentis, Tib. ap. Suet. Tib. 67:

ego illum male sanum semper putavi,

a man of not very sound mind, Cic. Att. 9, 15, 5:

male sana (Dido),

i. e. raving, Verg. A. 4, 8:

male sani poëtae,

i. e. inspired, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 4; cf. Ov. M. 3, 474:

excludit sanos Helicone poëtas,

calculating, sober, Hor. A. P. 296:

bene sanus Ac non incautus,

very prudent, discreet, id. S. 1, 3, 61:

praecipue sanus,

id. Ep. 1, 1, 108:

rem publicam capessere hominem bene sanum non oportere,

Cic. Sest. 10, 23:

sani ut cretā an carbone notati?

id. ib. 2, 3, 246:

pro sano loqueris, cum me appellas nomine,

like a rational being, rationally, Plaut. Men. 2, 2, 24; so,

pro sano,

id. ib. 5, 5, 42; cf.: nihil hunc se absente pro sano facturum arbitratus, qui, etc., * Caes. B. G. 5, 7:

adeo incredibilis visa res, ut non pro vano modo, sed vix pro sano nuncius audiretur,

Liv. 39, 49: quem in locum nemo sanus hostis subiturus esset, Auct. B. Alex. 74 fin.:

solve senescentem sanus equum,

Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 8 et saep.:

tumultu etiam sanos consternante animos,

discreet, well-disposed, Liv. 8, 27:

sensus,

Verg. E. 8, 66:

mores,

Dig. 27, 10, 1.—With ab: ego sanus ab illis (vitiis), sound as respects them, i. e. free from, unaffected by them, etc., Hor. S. 1, 4, 129.— Comp.:

qui sanior, ac si, etc.,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 241; 2, 3, 275.— Sup.:

quisquam sanissimus tam certa putat, quae videt, quam? etc.,

Cic. Ac. 2, 28, 89 init.:

confluentibus ad eum (Sullam) optimo quoque et sanissimo,

Vell. 2, 25, 2.—

Of style, sound, correct, sensible, sober, chaste:

qui rectum dicendi genus sequi volunt, alii pressa demum et tenuia et quae minimum ab usu cottidiano recedant, sana et vere Attica putant, etc.,

Quint. 10, 1, 44:

nihil erat in ejus oratione, nisi sincerum, nihil nisi siccum atque sanum,

Cic. Brut. 55, 202; cf.:

Attici oratores sani et sicci,

id. Opt. Gen. 3, 8; and:

Rhodii (oratores) saniores et Atticorum similiores,

id. Brut. 13, 51:

orator rectus et sanus,

Plin. Ep. 9, 26, 1; Vulg. 2 Tim. 4, 3; id. Tit. 2, 8; cf.:

sana ratio,

Val. Max. 9, 13, 3; Aug. Civ. Dei, 1, 22, 2.—Hence, advv., in two forms, saniter (ante-class.) and sane (class.).

sānĭter, rationally, Afran. ap. Non. 515, 22.—

sānē.

(Acc. to I.) Soundly, healthily, well: sane sarteque, Porphyrio ap. Charis. p. 195 fin.; 196 init. P.—

(Acc. to II.) Soberly, sensibly, reasonably, discreetly (very rare;

not in Cic.): bonum est, pauxillum amare sane, insane non bonum est,

Plaut. Curc. 1, 3, 20:

sane sapio et sentio,

I am in full possession of my reason and senses, id. Am. 1, 1, 292:

non ego sanius Bacchabor Edonis (with furere),

Hor. C. 2, 7, 26:

dixit sanius,

Sen. Contr. 5, 34 fin. —

In gen., like valde (i. e. valide), an intensive particle, well, indeed, doubtless, by all means, truly, certainly, of course, forsooth, right, very, etc. (freq. and class.):

sane sapis et consilium placet,

Plaut. Ps. 2, 2, 67 sq.; so,

sapis sane,

id. Cas. 3, 6, 25:

sapit,

id. Men. 5, 2, 39:

sane haud quicquam'st, magis quod cupiam,

id. Curc. 1, 3, 15; 2, 3, 43:

sane ego illum metuo,

id. Men. 5, 2, 108:

cum illā sane congruost sermo tibi,

id. Mil. 4, 3, 23:

sane ego sum amicus nostris aedibus,

id. As. 2, 3, 7:

dabant hae feriae tibi opportunam sane facultatem ad explicandas tuas litteras,

Cic. Rep. 1, 9, 14:

odiosum sane genus hominum officia exprobrantium,

id. Lael. 20, 71; id. Quint. 3, 11:

humilem sane relinquunt ortum amicitiae,

id. Lael. 9, 29; cf.:

tenui sane muro dissepiunt,

id. Rep. 4, 4, 4:

judicare difficile est sane,

id. Lael. 17, 62:

explicat orationem sane longam et verbis valde bonis,

id. Agr. 2, 5, 13:

(narratio) res sane difficilis,

id. de Or. 2, 66, 264:

sane grandes libros,

id. Rep. 3, 8, 12:

cui sane magna est in mento cicatrix,

Auct. Her. 4, 49, 63:

Herennium quendam, sane hominem nequam atque egentem, coepisse, etc.,

Cic. Att. 1, 19, 5:

Paulus mihi de re publicā alia quaedam sane pessima,

id. Att. 14, 7, 1:

sane murteta relinqui,

Hor. Ep. 1, 15, 5:

id sane est invisum duobus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 64:

bonus sane vicinus,

id. ib. 2, 2, 132:

sane populus numerabilis,

id. A. P. 206.— In replies: Mi. Te moneri numne vis? Ha. Sane volo, by all means, surely, to be sure, certainly, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 119; so,

sane volo,

id. Cas. 2, 3, 55; id. Rud. 5, 3, 51; Ter. Heaut. 4, 8, 31: Ch. Estne, ut fertur, forma? Pa. Sane, id. Eun. 2, 3, 69; 4, 7, 15:

sane hoc multo propius ibis,

id. Ad. 4, 2, 41. Th. Quid taces? Ph. Sane quia vero hae mihi patent semper fores, id. Eun. 1, 2, 9; id. And. 1, 2, 24: C. F. Visne igitur, etc. C. P. Sane placet, Cic. Part. Or. 1, 2:

sane et libenter quidem,

id. Rep. 2, 38, 64.—Ironically:

quam sane magni referat,

Plaut. Mil. 3, 3, 9; cf.: sane legem Juliam timeo, Ner. ap. Suet. Ner. 33 med.:

beneficium magnum sane dedit!

Phaedr. 3, 15, 12.—

With other adverbs: esse aedificatas has sane bene,

right well, very well, Plaut. Most. 3, 2, 74:

res rustica sane bene culta,

Cic. Quint. 3, 12; Ter. Hec. 1, 2, 103:

bene sane, as an answer,

very well, id. And. 5, 2, 7; id. Ad. 4, 2, 47:

recte sane,

id. Eun. 5, 5, 11; id. Heaut. 3, 2, 27; 3, 3, 20; id. Ad. 3, 3, 63; id. Phorm. 5, 8, 10:

sane commode,

Plaut. Poen. 1, 2, 72:

sapienter sane,

id. Pers. 3, 3, 42 et saep.:

scite hercle sane,

id. Trin. 3, 3, 53:

sane hercle,

Ter. Eun. 3, 5, 59; id. Hec. 3, 5, 9; id. Phorm. 3, 3, 9:

sane quidem,

id. And. 1, 2, 24:

sane quidem hercle,

Cic. Leg. 2, 4, 8:

sane pol,

Ter. And. 1, 4, 2.—Sane quam, how very, i. e. very much indeed, uncommonly, exceedingly (cf.:

admodum quam and valde quam): conclusa est a te tam magna lex sane quam brevi,

Cic. Leg. 2, 10, 23:

quod de Pompeio Caninius agit, sane quam refrixit,

id. Q. Fr. 2, 4 (6), 5; Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1, 2; 8, 4, 2; Brut. ib. 11, 13, 4 (shortly before: suos valde quam paucos habet); Sulp. ib. 4, 5, 1.—With negatives:

haud sane diu est,

not very long since, Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 44:

edepol commissatorem haud sane commodum,

Ter. Ad. 5, 2, 8:

haud sane intellego, quidnam sit, etc.,

Cic. Off. 2, 2, 5; Sall. C. 37, 9; 53, 5; id. Rep. Ord. 2, 11; Cic. Sen. 1, 3; Curt. 3, 1, 14:

agellus non sane major jugero uno,

Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 10:

cum his temporibus non sane in senatum ventitarem,

Cic. Fam. 13, 77, 1:

non sane mirabile hoc quidem,

id. Div. 2, 31, 67:

non ita sane vetus,

id. Brut. 10, 41:

non sane credere,

Hor. Ep. 1, 7, 61:

nihil sane esset, quod, etc.,

absolutely nothing, nothing at all, Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 2, 2, § 7; so,

nihil sane,

id. de Or. 2, 1, 5; Sall. C. 16, 5; Hor. S. 2, 3, 138; id. Ep. 2, 1, 206 al.—

In restrictive concessions, to be sure, indeed, certainly, however: sane bonum, ut dixi, rei publicae genus, Cic.Rep. 2, 26, 48; cf.:

hoc sane frequentissimum est... sed, etc.,

Quint. 4, 2, 130:

negant quemquam esse virum bonum nisi sapientem. Sit ita sane, sed, etc.,

Cic. Lael. 5, 18; cf. id. Rep. 1, 19, 32:

haec si vobis non probamus, sint falsa sane,

id. Ac. 2, 32, 105:

sint sane, quoniam ita mores se habent, liberales,

Sall. C. 52, 12; id. J. 31, 8:

sit hoc sane leve,

Cic. Sest. 54, 115:

sed fruatur sane hoc solacio,

id. Prov. Cons. 7, 16; Ov. H. 17, 13; Curt. 5, 1, 6:

repetita narratio sane res declamatoria magis quam forensis,

Quint. 4, 2, 128:

poëtis permittamus sane ejusmodi exempla,

id. 8, 3, 73:

non sane recepto in usum nomine,

not indeed, id. 5, 11, 20; cf. id. 7, 1, 41.—

With imperatives in colloq. lang. likewise concessive, like the English then, pray then, if you will:

ubi ego Sosia nolim esse, tu esto sane Sosia,

Plaut. Am. 1, 1, 283: Al. Num quid vis, quin abeam jam intro? Ju. I sane, id. ib. 3, 3, 16:

abi tu sane superior,

id. Stich. 5, 4, 14:

i sane,

id. As. 3, 3, 86; id. Aul. 2, 5, 7; id. Ep. 1, 1, 73; id. Pers. 4, 4, 25; 4, 4, 55; id. Rud. 2, 3, 55; Ter. Ad. 4, 2, 48:

ite sane,

Plaut. Aul. 3, 3, 3:

abi sane,

id. Am. 1, 1, 197; id. Rud. 3, 6, 17; id. Stich. 1, 3, 107; Ter. Heaut. 3, 3, 27:

sequere sane,

Plaut. Merc. 3, 1, 2:

age sane,

id. Men. 1, 2, 44; id. Ps. 5, 2, 27:

da sane,

id. Merc. 4, 1, 11:

dato sane,

id. Stich. 4, 1, 47:

cedo sane,

id. Pers. 4, 3, 30; 5, 1, 20; Ter. Heaut. 4, 7, 4:

nosce sane,

Plaut. As. 2, 4, 58:

age sane, omnes,

Liv. 1, 57, 8.

D, d (n. indecl., sometimes f. sc. littera), the flat dental mute, corresponding in character and sound to the English d and the Greek D, was the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, and was called de: Ter. Maur. p. 2385 P., Auson. Idyll. 12, de Litt. Monos. 14. But at the end of a syllable, or after another consonant, its sound was sharpened, so that the grammarians often discuss the question whether d or t should be written, especially in conjunctions and prepositions. Illa quoque servata est a multis differentia, ut ad cum esset praepositio, d litteram, cum autem conjunctio, t acciperet (Quint. 1, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 4, 16). Hence we may infer that some disputed this distinction, and that the sounds of ad and at must at least have been very similar (cf. also Terent. Scaur. p. 2250, Vel. Long. p. 2230 sq., Cassiod. p. 2287, 2291). Thus also aput, it, quit, quot, aliut, set, haut are found for apud, id, quid, quod, aliud, sed, haud. It would appear from the remarks of these authors that the last two words in particular, having a proclitic character, while they distinctly retained the d sound before an initial vowel in the following word, were pronounced before a consonant almost as set, haut (Mar. Vict. p. 2462 P., Vel. Long. l. l. v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 191 sq.). The use of t for d in the middle of a word, as Alexenter for Alexander, atnato for adnato, is very rare (cf. Wordsworth, Fragm. p. 486 sq.). On the other hand, the use of d for t, which sometimes appears in MSS. and inscrr., as ed, capud, essed, inquid (all of which occur in the Cod. palimps. of Cic. Rep.), adque, quodannis, sicud, etc., fecid, reliquid, etc. (all in inscriptions after the Augustan period), is to be ascribed to a later phonetic softening (cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 191 sq.).

As an initial, the letter d, in pure Latin words, suffers only a vowel after it; the single consonantal compound dr being found only in borrowed words, such as drama, Drusus, Druidae, etc., and in the two onomatopees drenso and drindio. Accordingly, the d of the initial dv, from du, was rejected, and the remaining v either retained unaltered (as in v iginti for du iginti; cf. triginta) or changed into b (as in b ellum, b is, b onus, for du ellum, du is, du onus; v. those words and the letter B). So too in and after the 4th century A.D., di before vowels was pronounced like j (cf. J ovis for Dj ovis, and J anus for Di anus); and hence, as the Greek di ( di) passed into dz, i. e. z (as in z a for d ia, and z eta for di aeta), we sometimes find the same name written in two or three ways, as Diabolenus, Jabolenus, Zabolenus; Jadera, Diadora, Zara. In many Greek words, however, which originally began with a y sound, d was prefixed by an instinctive effort to avoid a disagreeable utterance, just as in English the initial j has regularly assumed the sound of dj: thus Gr. zugon, i. e. diugon = L. jugum; and in such cases the d sound has been prefixed in Greek, not lost in Latin and other languages (v. Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 608 sq.).b. As a medial, d before most consonants undergoes assimilation; v. ad, no. II.; assum, init., and cf. iccirco, quippiam, quicquam, for idcirco, quidpiam, quidquam; and in contractions like cette from cedite, pelluviae from pediluviae, sella from sedela. In contractions, however, the d is sometimes dropped and a compensation effected by lengthening the preceding vowel, as scāla for scand-la. D before endings which begin with s was suppressed, as pes from ped-s, lapis from lapid-s, frons from frond-s, rasi from radsi, risi from rid-si, lusi from lud-si, clausi from claud-si; but in the second and third roots of cedo, and in the third roots of some other verbs, d is assimilated, as cessi, cessum, fossum, etc. D is also omitted before s in composition when another consonant follows the s, as ascendo, aspicio, asto, astringo, and so also before the nasal gn in agnatus, agnitus, and agnosco, from gnatus, etc.: but in other combinations it is assimilated, as assentio, acclamo, accresco; affligo, affrico; agglomero, aggrego; applico, approbo, etc. In tentum, from tendo, d is dropped to avoid the combination ndt or ntt, since euphony forbids a consonant to be doubled after another.g. Final d stood only in ad, apud, sed, and in the neuter pronouns quid, quod, illud, istud, and aliud, anciently alid. Otherwise, the ending d was considered barbarous, Prisc. p. 686 P.

The letter d represents regularly an original Indo-Germanic d, in Greek d, but which in German becomes z, in Gothic t, and in Anglo-Saxon t: cf. Gr. hêdomai, Sanscr. svad, Germ. süss, Angl.-Sax. svēte (sweet), with Lat. suadeo; domare with Gr. damaô, Germ. zähmen, Eng. tame; domus with demô, timber, O. H. Germ. zimber; duo with duô, zwei, two. But it is also interchanged with other sounds, and thus sometimes represents—

An original t: mendax from mentior; quadraginta, quadra, etc., from quatuor.—

An original r: ar and ad; apur or apor and apud; meridies and medidies, audio and auris; cf. arbiter, from ad-beto; arcesso for ad-cesso.—

An original l: adeps, Gr. aleipha; dacrima and lacrima, dingua and lingua; cf. on the contrary, olere for odere, consilium and considere, Ulixes from Odusseus (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 223).—

An original s: Claudius, from the Sabine Clausus, medius and misos; and, on the contrary, rosa and rhodon. —

A Greek th: fides, pistis; gaudere, gêtheô; vad-i-monium (from va-d-s, vadis), aethlon.

In the oldest period of the language d was the ending of the ablat. sing. and of the adverbs which were originally ablatives (cf. Ritschl, Neue Plaut. Excur. I.; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. Prol. 10): pu CNANDO, MARID, DICTATORED, IN ALTOD MARID, NAVALED PRAEDAD on the Col. Rostr.; DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD (thrice) IN OQVOLTOD, IN POPLICOD, IN PREIVATOD, IN COVENTIONID, and the adverbs SVPRAD SCRIPTVM EST (thrice), EXSTRAD QVAM SEI, and even EXSTRAD VRBEM, in S. C. de Bacch. So intra-d, ultra-d, citra-d, contra-d, infra-d, supra-d; contro-d, intro-d, etc.; and probably interea-d, postea-d. Here too belongs, no doubt, the adverb FACILVMED, found in the last-mentioned inscription. But this use of the d became antiquated during the 3d century B.C., and is not found at all in any inscription after 186 B. C. Plautus seems to have used or omitted it at will (Ritschl, Neue Plaut. Excurs. p. 18: Corss. Ausspr. 1, 197; 2, 1008).

D final was also anciently found—

In the accus. sing. of the personal pronouns med, ted, sed: INTER SED CONIOVRASE and INTER SED DEDISE, for inter se conjuravisse and inter se dedisse, in the S. C. de Bacch. This usage was retained, at least as a license of verse, when the next word began with a vowel, even in the time of Plautus. But in the classic period this d no longer appears. —

In the imperative mood;

as estod,

Fest. p. 230. The Oscan language retained this ending (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 206).—

In the preposition se-, originally identical with the conjunction sed (it is retained in the compound seditio); also in red-, prod-, antid-, postid-, etc. ( redire, prodire, etc.); and in these words, too, it is a remnant of the ancient characteristic of the ablative (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 200 sq.; Roby, Lat. Gr. 1, 49).

As an abbreviation, D usually stands for the praenomen Decimus; also for Deus, Divus, Dominus, Decurio, etc.; over epitaphs, D. M. = Diis Manibus; over temple inscriptions, D. O. M. = Deo Optimo Maxumo; in the titles of the later emperors, D. N. = Dominus Noster, and DD. NN. = Domini Nostri. Before dates of letters, D signified dabam, and also dies; hence, a. d. = ante diem; in offerings to the gods, D. D. = dono or donum dedit; D. D. D. = dat, dicat, dedicat, etc. Cf. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 457 sq.

D, d (n. indecl., sometimes f. sc. littera), the flat dental mute, corresponding in character and sound to the English d and the Greek D, was the fourth letter of the Latin alphabet, and was called de: Ter. Maur. p. 2385 P., Auson. Idyll. 12, de Litt. Monos. 14. But at the end of a syllable, or after another consonant, its sound was sharpened, so that the grammarians often discuss the question whether d or t should be written, especially in conjunctions and prepositions. Illa quoque servata est a multis differentia, ut ad cum esset praepositio, d litteram, cum autem conjunctio, t acciperet (Quint. 1, 7, 5; cf. id. 1, 4, 16). Hence we may infer that some disputed this distinction, and that the sounds of ad and at must at least have been very similar (cf. also Terent. Scaur. p. 2250, Vel. Long. p. 2230 sq., Cassiod. p. 2287, 2291). Thus also aput, it, quit, quot, aliut, set, haut are found for apud, id, quid, quod, aliud, sed, haud. It would appear from the remarks of these authors that the last two words in particular, having a proclitic character, while they distinctly retained the d sound before an initial vowel in the following word, were pronounced before a consonant almost as set, haut (Mar. Vict. p. 2462 P., Vel. Long. l. l. v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 191 sq.). The use of t for d in the middle of a word, as Alexenter for Alexander, atnato for adnato, is very rare (cf. Wordsworth, Fragm. p. 486 sq.). On the other hand, the use of d for t, which sometimes appears in MSS. and inscrr., as ed, capud, essed, inquid (all of which occur in the Cod. palimps. of Cic. Rep.), adque, quodannis, sicud, etc., fecid, reliquid, etc. (all in inscriptions after the Augustan period), is to be ascribed to a later phonetic softening (cf. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 191 sq.).

As an initial, the letter d, in pure Latin words, suffers only a vowel after it; the single consonantal compound dr being found only in borrowed words, such as drama, Drusus, Druidae, etc., and in the two onomatopees drenso and drindio. Accordingly, the d of the initial dv, from du, was rejected, and the remaining v either retained unaltered (as in v iginti for du iginti; cf. triginta) or changed into b (as in b ellum, b is, b onus, for du ellum, du is, du onus; v. those words and the letter B). So too in and after the 4th century A.D., di before vowels was pronounced like j (cf. J ovis for Dj ovis, and J anus for Di anus); and hence, as the Greek di ( di) passed into dz, i. e. z (as in z a for d ia, and z eta for di aeta), we sometimes find the same name written in two or three ways, as Diabolenus, Jabolenus, Zabolenus; Jadera, Diadora, Zara. In many Greek words, however, which originally began with a y sound, d was prefixed by an instinctive effort to avoid a disagreeable utterance, just as in English the initial j has regularly assumed the sound of dj: thus Gr. zugon, i. e. diugon = L. jugum; and in such cases the d sound has been prefixed in Greek, not lost in Latin and other languages (v. Curt. Griech. Etym. p. 608 sq.).b. As a medial, d before most consonants undergoes assimilation; v. ad, no. II.; assum, init., and cf. iccirco, quippiam, quicquam, for idcirco, quidpiam, quidquam; and in contractions like cette from cedite, pelluviae from pediluviae, sella from sedela. In contractions, however, the d is sometimes dropped and a compensation effected by lengthening the preceding vowel, as scāla for scand-la. D before endings which begin with s was suppressed, as pes from ped-s, lapis from lapid-s, frons from frond-s, rasi from radsi, risi from rid-si, lusi from lud-si, clausi from claud-si; but in the second and third roots of cedo, and in the third roots of some other verbs, d is assimilated, as cessi, cessum, fossum, etc. D is also omitted before s in composition when another consonant follows the s, as ascendo, aspicio, asto, astringo, and so also before the nasal gn in agnatus, agnitus, and agnosco, from gnatus, etc.: but in other combinations it is assimilated, as assentio, acclamo, accresco; affligo, affrico; agglomero, aggrego; applico, approbo, etc. In tentum, from tendo, d is dropped to avoid the combination ndt or ntt, since euphony forbids a consonant to be doubled after another.g. Final d stood only in ad, apud, sed, and in the neuter pronouns quid, quod, illud, istud, and aliud, anciently alid. Otherwise, the ending d was considered barbarous, Prisc. p. 686 P.

The letter d represents regularly an original Indo-Germanic d, in Greek d, but which in German becomes z, in Gothic t, and in Anglo-Saxon t: cf. Gr. hêdomai, Sanscr. svad, Germ. süss, Angl.-Sax. svēte (sweet), with Lat. suadeo; domare with Gr. damaô, Germ. zähmen, Eng. tame; domus with demô, timber, O. H. Germ. zimber; duo with duô, zwei, two. But it is also interchanged with other sounds, and thus sometimes represents—

An original t: mendax from mentior; quadraginta, quadra, etc., from quatuor.—

An original r: ar and ad; apur or apor and apud; meridies and medidies, audio and auris; cf. arbiter, from ad-beto; arcesso for ad-cesso.—

An original l: adeps, Gr. aleipha; dacrima and lacrima, dingua and lingua; cf. on the contrary, olere for odere, consilium and considere, Ulixes from Odusseus (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 223).—

An original s: Claudius, from the Sabine Clausus, medius and misos; and, on the contrary, rosa and rhodon. —

A Greek th: fides, pistis; gaudere, gêtheô; vad-i-monium (from va-d-s, vadis), aethlon.

In the oldest period of the language d was the ending of the ablat. sing. and of the adverbs which were originally ablatives (cf. Ritschl, Neue Plaut. Excur. I.; Brix ad Plaut. Trin. Prol. 10): pu CNANDO, MARID, DICTATORED, IN ALTOD MARID, NAVALED PRAEDAD on the Col. Rostr.; DE SENATVOS SENTENTIAD (thrice) IN OQVOLTOD, IN POPLICOD, IN PREIVATOD, IN COVENTIONID, and the adverbs SVPRAD SCRIPTVM EST (thrice), EXSTRAD QVAM SEI, and even EXSTRAD VRBEM, in S. C. de Bacch. So intra-d, ultra-d, citra-d, contra-d, infra-d, supra-d; contro-d, intro-d, etc.; and probably interea-d, postea-d. Here too belongs, no doubt, the adverb FACILVMED, found in the last-mentioned inscription. But this use of the d became antiquated during the 3d century B.C., and is not found at all in any inscription after 186 B. C. Plautus seems to have used or omitted it at will (Ritschl, Neue Plaut. Excurs. p. 18: Corss. Ausspr. 1, 197; 2, 1008).

D final was also anciently found—

In the accus. sing. of the personal pronouns med, ted, sed: INTER SED CONIOVRASE and INTER SED DEDISE, for inter se conjuravisse and inter se dedisse, in the S. C. de Bacch. This usage was retained, at least as a license of verse, when the next word began with a vowel, even in the time of Plautus. But in the classic period this d no longer appears. —

In the imperative mood;

as estod,

Fest. p. 230. The Oscan language retained this ending (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 206).—

In the preposition se-, originally identical with the conjunction sed (it is retained in the compound seditio); also in red-, prod-, antid-, postid-, etc. ( redire, prodire, etc.); and in these words, too, it is a remnant of the ancient characteristic of the ablative (v. Corss. Ausspr. 1, 200 sq.; Roby, Lat. Gr. 1, 49).

As an abbreviation, D usually stands for the praenomen Decimus; also for Deus, Divus, Dominus, Decurio, etc.; over epitaphs, D. M. = Diis Manibus; over temple inscriptions, D. O. M. = Deo Optimo Maxumo; in the titles of the later emperors, D. N. = Dominus Noster, and DD. NN. = Domini Nostri. Before dates of letters, D signified dabam, and also dies; hence, a. d. = ante diem; in offerings to the gods, D. D. = dono or donum dedit; D. D. D. = dat, dicat, dedicat, etc. Cf. Orell. Inscr. II. p. 457 sq.

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circum-sŏno, āre, v. n. and a. (rare but class.).

Neutr., to sound, resound ( with something) on every side, to be filled with any sound:

locus, qui circumsonat ululatibus cantuque symphoniae,

Liv. 39, 10, 7; 27, 18, 16; Vitr. 5, 8, 1; Manil. 5, 582. —

Of the sound itself, to resound:

dux theatri sui audiens plausum, in modum planctus, circumsonare,

Flor. 4, 2, 45.—

To surround a thing with a sound, to make something to echo or resound, to fill everywhere with a sound:

aures vocibus undique,

Cic. Off. 3, 2, 5 (cf. id. Fam. 6, 18, 4, and Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7, personare aurem):

clamor hostes circumsonat,

Liv. 3, 28, 3:

Rutulus murum circumsonat armis,

Verg. A. 8, 474; cf.:

quā totum Nereus circumsonat orbem,

Ov. M. 1, 187 Haupt (al. circumsonat):

me luxuria undique circumsonuit,

Sen. Tranq. 1, 9.—

Pass.:

Threicio Scythioque fere circumsonor ore,

Ov. Tr. 3, 13, 47; 4, 10, 111:

nunc procul a patriā Geticis circumsonor armis,

id. ib. 5, 3, 11.

per-sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 ( perf. personavit, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24: personasse, Prud. steph. 34 praef.), v. n. and a.

To sound through and through, to resound:

cum domus cantu et cymbalis personaret,

Cic. Pis. 10, 22:

ut cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum nocturnisque conviviis tota vicinitas personet,

id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Phil. 2, 41, 105:

domus Molossis Personuit canibus,

Hor. S. 2, 6, 114:

ploratu lamentisque et planctibus tota regia personabat,

Curt. 10, 5, 7:

ab aetheris personat axe fragor,

Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 46:

tuba,

Vulg. Judic. 7, 18.—

To make a sound on a musical instrument, to sound, play:

citharā Iopas Personat,

Verg. A. 1, 741:

cymbalis,

Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 5:

buccinis,

id. Jos. 6, 13.—

To fill with sound or noise, to make resound (class.):

Cerberus haec regna latratu Personat,

Verg. A. 6, 417:

aequora conchā,

id. ib. 6, 171: aures hujusmodi vocibus, Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 4; so,

aurem,

to bawl in one's ear, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:

ille humi prostraverat corpus, gemitu ejulatuque totam personans regiam,

Curt. 8, 2, 5:

pulpita socco,

to play in comedy, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 314:

mons choris Aegipanum undique personatur,

Sol. 24.—

To cry out, call aloud (rare but class.):

illae vero non loquuntur solum, verum etiam personant, huc unius mulieris libidinem esse prolapsam,

Cic. Cael. 20, 47:

quas res isti in angulis personant,

id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:

totam inde per urbem personat, ut, etc.,

Val. Fl. 2, 163; Tac.A. 14, 15; Vulg. Jer. 31, 7.—

To sound or blow upon an instrument (post-class.):

personavit classicum,

gave the signal for attack, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24.

căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;

once canituri,

Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.

Neutr., to utter melodious notes, to sing, sound, play.

Of men:

si absurde canat,

Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:

celebrare dapes canendo,

Ov. M. 5, 113:

si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,

Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:

quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,

Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:

tibia canentum,

Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:

curvo calamo,

Cat. 63, 22:

harundine,

Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:

cithara,

Tac. A. 14, 14:

lituus quo canitur,

Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:

movit Amphion lapides canendo,

Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—

Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:

inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—

Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,

Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,

Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:

ranae alio translatae canunt,

id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:

galli victi silere solent, canere victores,

to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):

gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),

Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—

In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),

the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—

Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:

canentes tibiae,

Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

maestae cecinere tubae,

Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:

frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,

and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.

Act., to make something or some person the subject of one ' s singing or playing.

With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:

cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,

Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

carmina quae in epulis canuntur,

id. Brut. 18, 71:

in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,

Liv. 4, 20, 2:

Ascraeum cano carmen,

Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:

neniam,

Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:

verba ad certos modos,

Ov. F. 3, 388:

Phrygium,

Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:

cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,

Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—

Prov.

Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—

Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—

With definite objects.

In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:

laudes mortui,

Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:

canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,

Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:

puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,

Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:

dei laudes,

Lact. 6, 21, 9:

deorum laudes,

Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:

canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):

praecepta,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:

jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,

Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:

nil dignum sermone,

Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:

quin etiam canet indoctum,

id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:

grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:

Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,

Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:

haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,

Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:

anser Gallos adesse canebat,

Verg. A. 8, 656:

motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,

Lucr. 5, 510:

sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,

id. 6, 84.—

With pers. objects ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),

Tac. A. 2, 88:

Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,

id. G. 2:

Dianam,

Cat. 34, 3:

deos regesve,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:

Liberum et Musas Veneremque,

id. ib. 1, 32, 10:

rite Latonae puerum,

id. ib. 4, 6, 37;

1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,

Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:

arma virumque,

Verg. A. 1, 1:

pugnasque virosque,

Stat. Th. 8, 553:

maxima bella et clarissimos duces,

Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:

Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,

Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:

fama facta atque infecta canit,

Verg. A. 4, 190:

fama digna atque indigna canit,

Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:

non canimus surdis,

Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—

Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.

In poetry:

Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,

Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

horrendas ambages,

Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:

fera fata,

Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:

et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—

In prose:

ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,

Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:

non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?

id. Sest. 21, 47:

eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,

Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:

cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,

Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.

of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,

Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:

quaeque diu latuere, canam,

Ov. M. 15, 147.

In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.

Act.:

bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,

to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:

Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,

Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—

Neutr.:

priusquam signa canerent,

Liv. 1, 1, 7:

ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;

24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,

Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:

classicum apud eos cecinit,

Liv. 28, 27, 15.—

Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:

Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),

Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:

cecinit jussos receptus,

Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:

nisi receptui cecinisset,

if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:

ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,

id. 3, 22, 6.—

Trop.:

revocante et receptui canente senatu,

Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,

id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:

antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,

Quint. 12, 11, 4.

to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

L, l, indecl. n. or (on account of littera) f., the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet (I and J being counted as one), in form modified from a L, like the Greek, but with the angle downward. In sound it was identical with Gr. lambda, Engl. l. L has, according to Pliny, a threefold power: the slight sound of the second l, when doubled, as in ille, Metellus; a full sound, when it ends words or syllables, or follows a consonant in the same syllable, as in sol, silva, flavus, clarus; and a middle sound in other cases, as in lectus, Prisc. 1, 7, 38 (p. 555 P.). In transcriptions of Greek words in Latin and of Latin words in Greek letters, it always corresponds to L.

In etymology it represents,

Usually an original l; cf. alius, allos; lego, legô; leo, leôn; lavo, louô, etc.—

Sometimes an r, as in lilium, leirion; balbus, barbaros; latrare, Sanscr. ra-, to bark; lateo, Sanscr. rah-, to abandon; luceo, Sanscr. ruc-, etc.; cf. also the endings in australis, corporalis, liberalis, and in stellaris, capillaris, maxillaris.—

Sometimes a d; cf. lacrima, dakruon; levir, Sanscr. dēvar, Gr. daêr; oleo, odor, Gr. ozô, odôda; uligo, udus; adeps, Sanscr lip-, to smear, Gr. aleiphar.

Before l an initial guttural or t is often dropped, as latus for tlatus, lis for stlis, lamentum from clamo; lac, cf. Gr. galakt-; and a preceding c, d, n, r, s, or x is omitted or assimilated, as sella for sedula (sed-la), corolla for coronula (coronla), prelum for prem-lum (from premo), āla = ax-la (axilla); so, libellus for liberulus (liber), alligo for ad-ligo, ullus for unulus. In the nominative of nouns the ending s is not added after l, as in consul, vigil; and l final occurs in Latin only in such words.

L stands alone,

As a numeral for 50.—

As an abbreviation, usually for Lucius; rarely for libens, locus, or libertus.

L, l, indecl. n. or (on account of littera) f., the eleventh letter of the Latin alphabet (I and J being counted as one), in form modified from a L, like the Greek, but with the angle downward. In sound it was identical with Gr. lambda, Engl. l. L has, according to Pliny, a threefold power: the slight sound of the second l, when doubled, as in ille, Metellus; a full sound, when it ends words or syllables, or follows a consonant in the same syllable, as in sol, silva, flavus, clarus; and a middle sound in other cases, as in lectus, Prisc. 1, 7, 38 (p. 555 P.). In transcriptions of Greek words in Latin and of Latin words in Greek letters, it always corresponds to L.

In etymology it represents,

Usually an original l; cf. alius, allos; lego, legô; leo, leôn; lavo, louô, etc.—

Sometimes an r, as in lilium, leirion; balbus, barbaros; latrare, Sanscr. ra-, to bark; lateo, Sanscr. rah-, to abandon; luceo, Sanscr. ruc-, etc.; cf. also the endings in australis, corporalis, liberalis, and in stellaris, capillaris, maxillaris.—

Sometimes a d; cf. lacrima, dakruon; levir, Sanscr. dēvar, Gr. daêr; oleo, odor, Gr. ozô, odôda; uligo, udus; adeps, Sanscr lip-, to smear, Gr. aleiphar.

Before l an initial guttural or t is often dropped, as latus for tlatus, lis for stlis, lamentum from clamo; lac, cf. Gr. galakt-; and a preceding c, d, n, r, s, or x is omitted or assimilated, as sella for sedula (sed-la), corolla for coronula (coronla), prelum for prem-lum (from premo), āla = ax-la (axilla); so, libellus for liberulus (liber), alligo for ad-ligo, ullus for unulus. In the nominative of nouns the ending s is not added after l, as in consul, vigil; and l final occurs in Latin only in such words.

L stands alone,

As a numeral for 50.—

As an abbreviation, usually for Lucius; rarely for libens, locus, or libertus.

sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (ante-class. collat. form acc. to the 3d conj., sonit, Enn. and Att. ap. Non. 504, 32 sq.; sonunt, Enn. and Att. ib. 505, 11 sq.; Enn. ap. Prisc. p. 863 P.; inf. sonĕre, Att. ap. Non. 505; Lucr. 3, 156; part. fut. sonaturum, Hor. S. 1, 4, 44; perf. sonaverint, Tert. ad Scap. 3; gen. plur. sonantum, Cat. 34, 12), v. n. and a. [Sanscr. svan-, to sound; cf. O. H. Germ. svana; Engl. swan].

Neutr., to make a noise, to sound, resound: aes sonit, the trumpet sounds, Enn. ap. Non. 504, 33 (Trag. v. 213 Vahl.):

plectra,

Prop. 4 (5), 7, 62: tympana, * Caes. B. C. 3, 105, 4 et saep.:

cujanam vox prope me sonat?

Plaut. Bacch. 4, 9, 55; id. Ps. 2, 4, 11; id. Rud. 1, 4, 10; id. Trin. 1, 2, 7:

hic mare sonat,

id. Rud. 1, 3, 23; cf.:

mare, silvae Aquilone,

Hor. Epod. 13, 3: omne sonabat arbustum fremitu silvaï [p. 1730] frondosaï, Enn. ap. Macr. S. 6, 2 (Ann. v. 196 Vahl.):

clamore viri, stridore rudentes,

Ov. M. 11, 495:

omnia passim mulierum puerorumque... ploratibus,

Liv. 29, 17 et saep.:

(hirundo) circum Stagna sonat,

Verg. A. 12, 477; cf. Mart. 14, 223:

saeva sonare Verbera,

Verg. A. 6, 557:

classica sonant,

id. ib. 7, 637:

displosa sonat vesica,

Hor. S. 1, 8, 46:

fletus rixaeque sonant,

Tib. 2, 4, 37:

natura fert, ut extrema ex alterā parte graviter, ex alterā autem acute sonent,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: dicta non sonant, do not chink (i. e. are not money), Plaut. Ps. 1, 3, 74.— Impers. pass.:

jubet tibias agere: sonatur,

App. M. 5, p. 165.—

Act., to sound, utter, give utterance to, speak, call, cry out, sing, pour forth (syn.:

edo, eloquor, cano): homines inconditis vocibus inchoatum quiddam et confusum sonantes,

uttering, pronouncing, Cic. Rep. 3, 2, 3:

sonare subagreste quiddam,

to speak, id. Brut. 74, 259:

pingue quiddam,

id. Arch. 10, 26; cf.:

(Sibylla) nec mortale sonans,

Verg. A. 6, 50:

illa sonat raucum,

Ov. A. A. 3, 289; cf.:

nec vox hominem sonat,

does not sound like that of a human being, Verg. A. 1, 328:

tale sonat populus,

calls, cries out, Ov. M. 15, 606:

exululatque Evoeque sonat,

id. ib. 6, 597; 4, 523: atavos et avorum antiqua sonans Nomina, boasting of, vaunting (syn.:

crepans, jactans),

Verg. A. 12, 529; cf.:

sonant te voce minores,

Sil. 2, 491: ut haec duo (honestas et utilitas) verbo inter se discrepare, re unum sonare videantur, to signify (syn.:

significare, indicare),

Cic. Off. 3, 21, 83; cf.:

quā deterius nec Ille sonat,

Juv. 3, 91:

Epicurum non intellegere interdum, quid sonet haec vox voluptatis, id est, quae res huic voci subiciatur,

Cic. Fin. 2, 2, 6:

furem sonuere juvenci,

i. e. they betrayed him by their lowings, Prop. 4 (5), 9, 13:

Pythius in longā carmina veste sonat,

sings, pours forth, accompanies on the lyre, id. 2, 31 (3, 29), 16; cf.:

sonante mixtum tibiis carmen lyra,

Hor. Epod. 9, 5:

te sonantem... dura fugae mala,

id. C. 2, 13, 26: te carmina nostra sonabunt, shall sing of, i. e. shall celebrate, praise, extol, Ov. M. 10, 205; so,

Germanas acies, Daca proelia,

Stat. S. 4, 2, 66:

acta viri laudesque,

Nemes. Ecl. 1, 26.— Pass.:

sive mendaci lyrā Voles sonari,

Hor. Epod. 17, 40; cf.:

magno nobis ore sonandus eris,

Ov. A. A. 1, 206.—Hence, sŏ-nans, antis, P. a., noisy, sounding, sonorous (very rare):

meatus animae gravior et sonantior,

Plin. Ep. 6, 16, 13:

quod est sonantius et elatius,

id. ib. 7, 12, 4.

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