Latin

Participle

sonitus m ‎(feminine sonita, neuter sonitum); first/second declension

1. sounded, resounded
2. called (out)

Inflection

First/second declension.

Noun

sonitus m ‎(genitive sonitūs); fourth declension

1. sound
2. vocative singular of sonitus

sonitūs

1. nominative plural of sonitus
2. genitive singular of sonitus
3. accusative plural of sonitus
4. vocative plural of sonitus

Inflection

Fourth declension.

Descendants

• Italian: sonito
• Romanian: sunet
• Spanish: sonido

References

• sonitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sonitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• SONITUS in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “sonitus”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to speak, utter a sound: vocem mittere (sonitum reddere of things)
    
  • mere words; empty sound: inanis verborum sonitus