(adjective) : sōnus, a, um, id.
* Sounding, resounding, Isid. Orig. 1, 4, 4.

sŏnus | sŏnus, ūs (noun M) : (collat. form , , in
* Gen., Amm. 20, 4, 14; abl. sonu, Sisenn. ap. Non. p. 491, 27; App. M. 8, p. 216, 7; nom. plur., Amm. 22, 9, 15), m. sono, a noise, sound (syn. fragor): et pereunte viro raucum sonus aere cucurrit, Enn. ap. Lact. ap. Stat. Th. 11, 56 (Ann. v. 509 Vahl.): tympana raucis Obstrepuere sonis,Ov. M. 4, 392: non exaudito tubae sono,Caes. B. G. 7, 47: signorum sonus,id. B. C. 3, 105; cf.: cum ingenti sono fluminis,Liv. 21, 28: olli respondit suavis sonus Egeriai, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 42 Müll. (Ann. v. 122 Vahl.): tantus et tam dulcis sonus,Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: distinctus,id. ib. 2, 42, 69: ab acutissimo sono usque ad gravissimum sonum,from the highest treble to the lowest bass,id. de Cr. 1, 59, 251: in tibiarum cantibus varietas sonorum,id. N. D. 2, 58, 146: (lingua) sonos vocis distinctos efficit,id. ib. 2, 59, 149: ad nervorum eliciendos sonos,id. ib. 2, 60, 150; Hor. A. P. 348: inpulit aures Confusae sonus urbis,Verg. A. 12, 619; Ov. F. 1, 434; Liv. 1, 28, 2; Cic. Or. 17, 57: inanes sonos fundere,to utter empty sounds,id. Tusc. 5, 26, 73 Kühn.
* Fig., tone, character, style: et in tragoediā comicum vitiosum est, et in comoediā turpe tragicum, et in ceteris suus est cuique certus sonus,Cic. Opt. Gen. 1, 1: unus enim sonus est totius orationis,id. Brut. 26, 100; id. de Or. 2, 12, 54.
* Of language, sonorousness: gravitas et cothurnus et sonus Sophocli,Quint. 10, 1, 68.