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rĕ-sŏno, āvi, 1 (ante-class. collat. form, acc. to the 3d conj., resonit, Pac. and Att. ap. Non. 504, 30 sq.: resonunt, Enn. and Att. ap. Prisc. p. 838 P.; of the perf. only resonavit, Manil. 5, 567), v. n. and a., to sound or ring again, to resound, re-echo (freq. and class.).

  1. I. Neutr.
    1. A. Lit.: tum clupei resonunt, Enn. l. l. (Ann. v. 364 Vahl.): valvae resonunt regiae, Att. l. l.: theatrum naturā ita resonans, ut, etc., Cic. Q. Fr. 1, 1, 14, § 42: venenum sic e poculo ejecit, ut id resonaret, id. Tusc. 1, 40, 96: ubi non resonent imagines, i. e. where no echoes are heard, without echoes, Varr. R. R. 3, 16, 12: cum frustra resonant aera, Ov. M. 4, 333: resonabat eburnea Telorum custos (i. e. pharetra), id. ib. 8, 320: ut solent pleni resonare camini, to send forth a roaring noise, id. ib. 7, 106: eque sacrā resonant examina quercu, Verg. E. 7, 13: hominum clamor et tubarum sonus amplior quam editur resonare solet, Just. 24, 6, 8: resonantia litora, Sil. 11, 491.
      With abl.: clamore et gemitu templum resonit caelitum, Att. ap. Non. l. l.: aura crepitu musico, Pac. l. l.: late plangoribus aedes, Verg. A. 12, 607: domus undique magno strepitu, Hor. S. 1, 2, 129: latratibus aether, Ov. M. 3, 231: spectacula plausu, id. ib. 10, 668: avibus virgulta canoris, Verg. G. 2, 328: arbusta cicadis, id. E. 2, 13.
      Poet., with acc.: litoraque alcyonen resonant, acalanthida dumi, resound with, Verg. G. 3, 338: testudo septem nervis, Hor. C. 3, 11, 3; cf.: vox ima quattuor chordis, id. S. 1, 3, 8.
      With ad: qui (cornus) ad nervos resonant in cantibus, Cic. N. D. 2, 59, 149.
      With dat.: suave locus voci resonat conclusus, echoes to the voice, Hor. S. 1, 4, 76; cf.: carmina resonantia chordis Romanis, to the strings, Auct. Pan. ad Pis. 229.
    2. B. Trop., to resound, re-echo: in vocibus nostrorum oratorum recinit quiddam et resonat urbanius, Cic. Brut. 46, 171; cf. Quint. 11, 3, 30.
      With dat.: gloria virtuti resonat tamquam imago, Cic. Tusc. 3, 2, 3.
  2. II. Act., to give back the sound of, to resound, re-echo with any thing: formosam resonare doces Amaryllida silvas, Verg. E. 1, 5; so, triste et acutum, Hor. S. 1, 8, 41: resonent mihi Cynthia silvae, call out to me, Cynthia, Prop. 1, 18, 31: ora Hylan semper resonantia, Val. Fl. 4, 18; cf. Sil. 14, 30.
    Pass.: (sonus) in fidibus testudine resonatur aut cornu, Cic. N. D. 2, 57, 144.
    Poet., with acc. of a place, to make resound or re-echo: ubi Solis filia lucos Assiduo resonat cantu, Verg. A. 7, 11.
    1. B. To say urgently or continually (late Lat.): vernacula principi, Amm. 17, 11, 1.