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tonus

tŏnus, i, m., = τόνος.
  • The stretching, straining of a rope: mollior, vehementior, Vitr. 10, 10, 6. —
  • II Trop.
    • A Lit., the sound, tone, of an instrument, Vitr. 5, 4; Macr. Somn. Scip. 2, 1, 21 sq.; Mart. Cap. 9, § 959.—Of the tone of a syllable, accent, Nigid. ap. Gell. 13, 25, 1 sq.—
    • B Transf.
      • 1 Like our tone, in painting, of the natural color of an object, Plin. 35, 5, 11, § 29.—
      • 2 For tonitrus, thunder, Sen. Q. N. 2, 56, 1.

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