-sonus

Latin

Etymology

From sonō (“I sound”) +‎ -us (adjective-forming suffix).

Suffix

-sonus (feminine -sona, neuter -sonum); first/second-declension suffix

1. Forms adjectives qualifying something in respect to the sound it emits

   horreō (“I shiver”) > horrisonus (“having a sound that makes one shiver”)

   arma (“arms”) > armisonus (“resounding with weapons”)

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	-sonus	-sona	-sonum		-sonī	-sonae	-sona
genitive	-sonī	-sonae	-sonī		-sonōrum	-sonārum	-sonōrum
dative	-sonō	-sonae	-sonō		-sonīs
accusative	-sonum	-sonam	-sonum		-sonōs	-sonās	-sona
ablative	-sonō	-sonā	-sonō		-sonīs
vocative	-sone	-sona	-sonum		-sonī	-sonae	-sona

Derived terms

Latin terms suffixed with -sonus