I.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-sŏno , ŭi, 1, v. n.,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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