consonans

== Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkõː.sɔ.nãːs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔn.so.nans] === Etymology 1 === Present active participle of cōnsonō (“to resound”). By surface analysis, con- (“with, together”) +‎ sonāns (“sounding”). ==== Participle ==== cōnsonāns (genitive cōnsonantis, adverb cōnsonanter); third-declension one-termination participle agreeing, fit, suitable ===== Declension ===== Third-declension participle. 1When used purely as an adjective. ===== Related terms ===== cōnsonanter cōnsonō cōnsonus === Etymology 2 === Noun use of the participle cōnsonāns, in elliptical use for littera cōnsonāns (literally “resounding letter”). This is a semantic loan from Ancient Greek σύμφωνον (súmphōnon). The components of the Latin word do not exactly correspond to those of the Greek word; a word that more precisely corresponds to the Greek would be cōnsona. ==== Noun ==== cōnsonāns f (genitive cōnsonantis); third declension (grammar) a consonant ===== Declension ===== Third-declension noun (i-stem). ===== Synonyms ===== littera cōnsonāns ===== Descendants ===== ==== See also ==== vōcālis === References === “consonans”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “consonans”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.