accentus

== English == === Noun === accentus (uncountable) (logic) Ambiguity arising when the meaning of a sentence is changed by placing an unusual prosodic stress, or when, in a written passage, it is left unclear which word the emphasis was supposed to fall on. (music) A style of church music that emphasizes spoken word. Coordinate term: concentus == Latin == === Etymology === From accinō (“to sing to”) +‎ -tus (forming action nouns), from ad- +‎ canō (“sing”), a calque of Ancient Greek προσῳδία (prosōidía, “song sung to music; pronunciation of syllable”), from πρός (prós, “to”) +‎ ᾠδή (ōidḗ, “song”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [akˈkɛn.tʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [atˈt͡ʃɛn.tus] === Noun === accentus m (genitive accentūs); fourth declension a blast, signal (phonology) accent, tone, accentuation (figuratively) intensity, violence ==== Declension ==== Fourth-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== accentus acūtus accentus circumflexus accentus gravis ==== Related terms ==== accentor accinō ==== Descendants ==== === References === “accentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "accentus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “accentŭs”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 15/3. “accentus” on page 19 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)