Lewis Short
(adj.adv.) : cănōrus, a, um, adj.canor
* Of or pertaining to melody, melodious, harmonious, euphonious; neutr. or act. (of sound, men, animals, instruments, etc.; class. in prose and poetry).
* Neutr.: profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum,flowing language and a melodious voice,Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 28; Tac. A. 4, 61: voce suavi et canoră,Cic. Brut. 66, 234: vox Sirenum,Ov. A. A. 3, 311; Petr. 59, 3.—As a fault in delivery, singing, sing-song, droning: sine contentione vox, nec languens, nec canora,Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133; cf. cano, I. A. 2: canoro quodam modo proclamare,Quint. 11, 3, 170; Juv. 7, 18: hinnitus edere canoros,Suet. Ner. 46: versus,Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 76: nugae, mere jingling (Voss), id. A. P. 322: plausus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 175.—As subst.: cănō-rum, i, n., melody, charm, in speaking: omnino canorum illud in voce splendescit,Cic. Sen. 9, 28.
* Act.
* Of men: canorus orator et volubilis et satis acer,Cic. Brut. 27, 105: turba,Ov. F. 6, 671: ut Gaditana canoro Incipiant prurire choro,in song and dance,Juv. 11, 162 Web.: Triton,Ov. M. 2, 8: Aeolides, i. e. Misenus,id. ib. 14, 102.
* Of animals: cum hoc animal (gallus) sit canorum suă sponte,Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57: aves,Verg. G. 2, 328: ales, i. e. cygnus,Hor. C. 2, 20, 15: olor,Prop. 2 (3), 34, 84. Peneus canorus avium concentu,Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31: cicadae,id. 11, 26, 32, § 92.
* Of instruments: fides,Verg. A. 6, 120; Hor. C. 1, 12, 11: aes, i. e. tubae,Verg. A. 9, 503; Ov. M. 3, 704: chelys,Sen. Troad. 325: fila lyrae,Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 14.— Hence, * adv.: cănōrē, harmoniously: musice mundus et canore movetur,App. Doctr. Plat. 1; cf. cano, I. B.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary