phthongus

== Latin == === Etymology === From the Ancient Greek φθόγγος (phthóngos, “any clear, distinct sound”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈpʰtʰɔŋ.ɡʊs] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈftɔŋ.ɡus] === Noun === phthongus m (genitive phthongī); second declension a sound, tone a note in music ==== Declension ==== Second-declension noun. ==== Synonyms ==== (sound, tone): sonus (Pure Latin) === References === “phthongus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press "phthongus", 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) “phthongus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,178/1.