con-cĭno, cĭnŭi, no sup., 3, v. n. and a. [cano].
- I. Neutr., to sing, play, or sound together, in concert or harmoniously (class.).
- A. Prop.: ubi (chorus) certis numeris ac pedibus velut facta conspiratione consensit atque concinuit, Col. 12, 2, 4: concinere tragoedo pronuntianti, to accompany, Suet. Calig. 54: cornua ac tubae concinuere, Tac. A. 1, 68; cf.: concinunt tubae, Liv. 9, 32, 6; and: ubi signa concinuissent, id. 30, 5, 2.
Also without the idea of concert: concinit albus olor, Ov. H. 7, 2.
- B. Trop., to agree together, harmonize, accord, συνᾴδω: omnibus inter se concinentibus mundi partibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19: videsne ut haec concinant? id. Fin. 5, 28, 83: faxo, ne juvet vox ista veto, quā nunc concinentes collegas nostros tam laeti auditis, Liv. 6, 35, 9: ita fit ut nulli duo concinant, Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 16: Stoici cum Peripateticis re concinere videntur, verbis discrepare, Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16 Orell. N. cr.
- II. Act., to cause to sound together, in concert or harmoniously, to make concordant sounds, to sound, sing of, celebrate in song, magnify, etc.
- A. In gen.: haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant, concinuntur, Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106: ite, concinite in modum: Io Hymen, etc., Cat. 61, 123; Suet. Calig. 6: carmina nuptialia, Cat. 61, 12: carmina, id. 65, 13: laudes Iovi, Tib. 2, 5, 10: aelinon, Ov. Am. 3, 9, 24: sua festa Palilia, Tib. 2, 5, 88: laetos dies, Hor. C. 4, 2, 41: majore plectro Caesarem, id. ib. 33: stridor lituum clangorque tubarum Non pia concinuit cum rauco classica cornu, Luc. 1, 238.
- B. Esp. (acc. to cano, II. C.), to sing prophetically, prophesy (very rare): nigraque funestum concinit omen avis, Prop. 2 (3), 28, 38: tristia omina, Ov. Am. 3, 12, 2.
Hence, concĭnens, entis, P. a., harmonizing, harmonious, Arn. 3, 123.
Comp., Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 5.