absonus

Latin

Etymology

From ab- (“off-”) +‎ -sonus.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈab.so.nus/, [ˈäps̠ɔnʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈab.so.nus/, [ˈäbsonus]

Adjective

absonus (feminine absona, neuter absonum); first/second-declension adjective

1. harsh, discordant
2. unsuitable, incongruous, incompatible with (coupled with dative or a/ab + ablative)

   Synonym: dissonus

   Antonyms: cōnsonus, conveniēns, congruēns

   • 27 BCE – 25 BCE, Titus Livius, Ab Urbe Condita I.15:

     absonum fidei divinae

     incompatible with the credence of divine origin

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	absonus	absona	absonum		absonī	absonae	absona
genitive	absonī	absonae	absonī		absonōrum	absonārum	absonōrum
dative	absonō	absonae	absonō		absonīs
accusative	absonum	absonam	absonum		absonōs	absonās	absona
ablative	absonō	absonā	absonō		absonīs
vocative	absone	absona	absonum		absonī	absonae	absona

References

• “absonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “absonus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "absonus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• absonus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Online Latin dictionary, Olivetti