Present active participle of cōnsonō (“I resound”). By surface analysis, con- (“with, together”) + sonāns (“sounding”).
cōnsonāns (genitive cōnsonantis, adverb cōnsonanter); third-declension one-termination participle
Third-declension participle.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | Masc./Fem. | Neuter | |
| Nominative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs | cōnsonantia | ||
| Genitive | cōnsonantis | cōnsonantium | |||
| Dative | cōnsonantī | cōnsonantibus | |||
| Accusative | cōnsonantem | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs cōnsonantīs |
cōnsonantia | |
| Ablative | cōnsonante cōnsonantī1 |
cōnsonantibus | |||
| Vocative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs | cōnsonantia | ||
1When used purely as an adjective.
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.
cōnsonāns f (genitive cōnsonantis); third declension
Third-declension noun (i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs |
| Genitive | cōnsonantis | cōnsonantium |
| Dative | cōnsonantī | cōnsonantibus |
| Accusative | cōnsonantem | cōnsonantēs cōnsonantīs |
| Ablative | cōnsonante | cōnsonantibus |
| Vocative | cōnsonāns | cōnsonantēs |