concentus

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kənˈsɛntəs/

Noun

concentus (uncountable)

  1. (music) A style of church music that emphasizes harmony.
    Coordinate term: accentus

Latin

Etymology

From concinō (to sing together, harmonize) +‎ -tus.

Pronunciation

Noun

concentus m (genitive concentūs); fourth declension

  1. singing, a blending of voices in harmony
    • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 4.25:
      Simulque coeptus dies et concentu tubarum ac truci clamore aderant semisomnos in barbaros
      And as soon as the day broke, with a blare of the trumpets and a fierce yell they came upon the half-asleep barbarians
  2. (metonymic) a choir
  3. (theater) a concordant acclamation of the people
  4. concord, agreement, unanimity

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative concentus concentūs
genitive concentūs concentuum
dative concentuī concentibus
accusative concentum concentūs
ablative concentū concentibus
vocative concentus concentūs

Synonyms

Descendants

  • Italian: concento
  • Spanish: concento

References

  • concentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • concentus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • concentus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.