I.to disagree in sound, to be dissonant, opp. consono (very rare; not ante-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “dissonantes loci,” that produce discordant sounds, Vitr. 5, 8, 1.—
II. Trop., to disagree, to differ: “an universa hujus temporis culturae respondeant, an aliqua dissonent,” Col. 1, 1, 3: “a veritate,” Amm. 22, 15, 6: “praeceptis historiae,” id. 26, 1, 1; Ambros. in Luc. 6, 44. (But in Quint. 8, 6, 36, the right reading is dissentio.)