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in-sŏno, ŭi, 1, v. n., to make a noise in or on, to sound, sound loudly, resound (mostly poet.): Boreae cum spiritus alto Insonat Aegaeo, roars on the Ægean Sea, Verg. A. 12, 366: insonuere cavernae, id. ib. 2, 53: caeli delapsa per auras Insonuit, resounded flying through the air, id. ib. 11, 596; cf. pennis, Ov. M. 13, 608: calamis, to play upon, id. ib. 11, 161: insonuitque flagello, cracked his whip, Verg. A. 5, 579; cf. poet. with acc.: verbera insonuit, id. ib. 7, 451: quasi faucibus aliquid obstiterit, insonare, to clear one’s throat, to hawk, Quint. 11, 3, 121.
in-sons, ntis, adj.
- I. Guiltless, innocent; constr. with gen. or absol. (class., but not in Cic. or Cæs.): insontem probri accusare, Plaut. Am. 3, 1, 9: aliquem falso atque insontem arguere, id. Bacch. 3, 3, 10: publici consilii, Liv. 34, 32, 8: culpae, id. 22, 49.
With abl. (rare): si regni crimine insons fuerit, Liv. 4, 15, 1.
Absol.: purus et insons … si vivo, Hor. S. 1, 6, 69; Sen. Hipp. 486: amicus, Verg. A. 2, 93; 5, 350.
Esp., as subst.: insontes, um, m., the innocent (opp. sontes): circumvenire, jugulare, Sall. C. 16, 3.
- II. Harmless (only poet.): Cerberus, Hor. C. 2, 19, 29: oliva, Stat. Th. 12, 682: casa, Ov. Tr. 3, 10, 66.
in-sŏnus a, um, adj., without sound, noiseless, silent (post-class.).
- I. Lit.: passus, Amm. 27, 12; cf. gressus, id. 29, 5: vestigium, App. M. 3, p. 138, 22.
- II. Transf.: litterae, i. e. mutae, App. de Mundo, p. 66, 29.