"tonus" meaning in Latin

See tonus in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈto.nus/ [Classical-Latin], [ˈt̪ɔnʊs̠] [Classical-Latin], /ˈto.nus/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [ˈt̪ɔːnus] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”). Etymology templates: {{der|la|grc|τόνος||tone}} Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), {{der|la|grk-pro|*tónos}} Proto-Hellenic *tónos, {{der|la|ine-pro|*tónos|*tón-os}} Proto-Indo-European *tón-os Head templates: {{la-noun|tonus<2>}} tonus m (genitive tonī); second declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|tonus<2>}} Forms: tonī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], tonus [nominative, singular], tonī [nominative, plural], tonī [genitive, singular], tonōrum [genitive, plural], tonō [dative, singular], tonīs [dative, plural], tonum [accusative, singular], tonōs [accusative, plural], tonō [ablative, singular], tonīs [ablative, plural], tone [singular, vocative], tonī [plural, vocative]
  1. The stretching or straining of a rope. Tags: declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tonus-la-noun-PgL1g5UY Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 30 23 23
  2. (by extension) A strain; tension. Tags: broadly, declension-2, masculine
    Sense id: en-tonus-la-noun-O7wJN3IH Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 25 59 8 8 Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 30 23 23
  3. (figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something. Tags: declension-2, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-tonus-la-noun-6GJ6MAok Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 30 23 23
  4. (figuratively) A crack of thunder. Tags: declension-2, figuratively, masculine
    Sense id: en-tonus-la-noun-nQ~jPkbJ Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the second declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the second declension: 24 30 23 23
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: tonō

Inflected forms

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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "tronu",
            "3": "truenu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: tronu, truenu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "tonu",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tonu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: tronu, truenu; → tonu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "truono"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: truono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: truono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "tro"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: tro",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "to",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ to",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: tro; → to"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "tun"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: tun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: tun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "toon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: toon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: toon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "tone",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: tone",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: tone"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "tune",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle English: tune",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle English: tune"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tune"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tune",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tune"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "tonus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: tonus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: tonus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "ton"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: ton, tron"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "trono"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: trono",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: trono; → ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tuono"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tuono",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tono",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tuono; → tono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "tron"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: tron",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: tron; → ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "trom"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: trom",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "tom",
            "nolb": "1",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tom (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: trom; → tom (semi-learned), tono, tónus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "tràun"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: tràun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: tràun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "tun"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: tun",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: tun; → ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "tun",
            "3": "tung"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: tun, tung",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: tun, tung"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "то́нус",
            "3": "тон",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: то́нус (tónus), тон (ton)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: то́нус (tónus), тон (ton)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "tronu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: tronu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: tronu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "tronu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: tronu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "tonu",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tonu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: tronu; → tonu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "trueno"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: trueno",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "tono",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: trueno; → tono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tone",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tone",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or through Old French"
          },
          "expansion": "(or through Old French)",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tone (or through Old French)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tonus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tonus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tonus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "tôn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: tôn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: tôn"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τόνος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "tone"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grk-pro",
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      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *tónos",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      "name": "der"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tonī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tonus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "tonus m (genitive tonī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tonus<2>"
      },
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "tonō"
    }
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    {
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        {
          "_dis": "24 30 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
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        "The stretching or straining of a rope."
      ],
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        [
          "stretching",
          "stretching"
        ],
        [
          "straining",
          "straining"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "25 59 8 8",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
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        },
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          "_dis": "24 30 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A strain; tension."
      ],
      "id": "en-tonus-la-noun-O7wJN3IH",
      "links": [
        [
          "strain",
          "strain"
        ],
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          "tension",
          "tension"
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      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) A strain; tension."
      ],
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        "broadly",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
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        {
          "_dis": "24 30 23 23",
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          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The pitch, sound or tone of something."
      ],
      "id": "en-tonus-la-noun-6GJ6MAok",
      "links": [
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "24 30 23 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A crack of thunder."
      ],
      "id": "en-tonus-la-noun-nQ~jPkbJ",
      "links": [
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ],
        [
          "thunder",
          "thunder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A crack of thunder."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɔnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɔːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tonus"
  ],
  "word": "tonus"
}
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    "Latin masculine nouns in the second declension",
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  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roa-ole"
          },
          "expansion": "Old Leonese:",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Old Leonese:"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "tronu",
            "3": "truenu"
          },
          "expansion": "Asturian: tronu, truenu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ast",
            "2": "tonu",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tonu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Asturian: tronu, truenu; → tonu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "mwl",
            "2": "truono"
          },
          "expansion": "Mirandese: truono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Mirandese: truono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "tro"
          },
          "expansion": "Catalan: tro",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ca",
            "2": "to",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ to",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Catalan: tro; → to"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "dlm",
            "2": "tun"
          },
          "expansion": "Dalmatian: tun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Dalmatian: tun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "nl",
            "2": "toon",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Dutch: toon",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Dutch: toon"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fro",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Old French: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Old French: ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "tone",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Middle English: tone",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Middle English: tone"
    },
    {
      "depth": 3,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "enm",
            "2": "tune",
            "der": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "⇒ Middle English: tune",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "⇒ Middle English: tune"
    },
    {
      "depth": 4,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tune"
          },
          "expansion": "English: tune",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "English: tune"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 2,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fr",
            "2": "tonus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ French: tonus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ French: tonus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "fur",
            "2": "ton"
          },
          "expansion": "Friulian: ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Friulian: ton, tron"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "trono"
          },
          "expansion": "Galician: trono",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "gl",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Galician: trono; → ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "de",
            "2": "Ton",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ German: Ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ German: Ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tuono"
          },
          "expansion": "Italian: tuono",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "it",
            "2": "tono",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Italian: tuono; → tono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "tron"
          },
          "expansion": "Occitan: tron",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "oc",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Occitan: tron; → ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "trom"
          },
          "expansion": "Portuguese: trom",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "pt",
            "2": "tom",
            "nolb": "1",
            "slb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tom (semi-learned)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Portuguese: trom; → tom (semi-learned), tono, tónus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rgn",
            "2": "tràun"
          },
          "expansion": "Romagnol: tràun",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romagnol: tràun"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "tun"
          },
          "expansion": "Romanian: tun",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ro",
            "2": "ton",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ ton",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romanian: tun; → ton"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "rm",
            "2": "tun",
            "3": "tung"
          },
          "expansion": "Romansch: tun, tung",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Romansch: tun, tung"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "ru",
            "2": "то́нус",
            "3": "тон",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Russian: то́нус (tónus), тон (ton)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Russian: то́нус (tónus), тон (ton)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "sc",
            "2": "tronu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sardinian: tronu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sardinian: tronu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "tronu"
          },
          "expansion": "Sicilian: tronu",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "scn",
            "2": "tonu",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tonu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Sicilian: tronu; → tonu"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "trueno"
          },
          "expansion": "Spanish: trueno",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "es",
            "2": "tono",
            "bor": "1",
            "nolb": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ tono",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "Spanish: trueno; → tono"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tone",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tone",
          "name": "desc"
        },
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "or through Old French"
          },
          "expansion": "(or through Old French)",
          "name": "i"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tone (or through Old French)"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "en",
            "2": "tonus",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ English: tonus",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ English: tonus"
    },
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "tôn",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: tôn",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: tôn"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "τόνος",
        "4": "",
        "5": "tone"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "grk-pro",
        "3": "*tónos"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Hellenic *tónos",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*tónos",
        "4": "*tón-os"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *tón-os",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Ancient Greek τόνος (tónos, “tone”), from Proto-Hellenic *tónos, from Proto-Indo-European *tón-os, from *ten- (“stretch”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tonī",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "la-ndecl",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonus",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonōrum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonum",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonōs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonō",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonīs",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "ablative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tone",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "singular",
        "vocative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tonī",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "vocative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tonus<2>"
      },
      "expansion": "tonus m (genitive tonī); second declension",
      "name": "la-noun"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tonus<2>"
      },
      "name": "la-ndecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Latin",
  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tonō"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The stretching or straining of a rope."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "stretching",
          "stretching"
        ],
        [
          "straining",
          "straining"
        ],
        [
          "rope",
          "rope"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A strain; tension."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "strain",
          "strain"
        ],
        [
          "tension",
          "tension"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(by extension) A strain; tension."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "declension-2",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The pitch, sound or tone of something."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "pitch",
          "pitch"
        ],
        [
          "sound",
          "sound"
        ],
        [
          "tone",
          "tone"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) The pitch, sound or tone of something."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "A crack of thunder."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "crack",
          "crack"
        ],
        [
          "thunder",
          "thunder"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figuratively) A crack of thunder."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "declension-2",
        "figuratively",
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nus/",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɔnʊs̠]",
      "tags": [
        "Classical-Latin"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈto.nus/",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt̪ɔːnus]",
      "note": "modern Italianate Ecclesiastical"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "tonus"
  ],
  "word": "tonus"
}

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