noun

concentus

gen. concentūs · gender masculine · decl. 4th

sounds blending harmoniously together, symphony, harmony, harmonious music

sounds blending harmoniously together, symphony, harmony, harmonious music (class.).

literal

ille sonus...qui acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus… in general ••

In gen.: ille sonus...qui acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit, Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18: concentum servare, id. Fin. 4, 27, 75: vocis lyraeque, Ov. M. 11, 11: avium, Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21; Verg. G. 1, 422 (quoted in Quint. 5, 9, 16); cf.: et tepidum volucres concentibus aëra mulcent, Ov. F. 1, 155: tubarum ac cornuum, Liv. 9, 41, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 14; cf. signorum, id. 9, 4, 11 (al. congestu, id. 10, 7, 16; v. Spald., Wolf, and Zumpt, dub.): rauci, Stat. Th. 6, 227.—

a choir singing in harmony by metonymy

Meton., of a choir singing in harmony, Cic. de Or. 3, 80, 196.—

a concordant acclamation of people in a theatre in particular

In partic., a concordant acclamation of people in a theatre, Plin. Pan. 2, 6; 46, 2.—

concord, agreement, harmony, unanimity; harmony; blending of sweet odors figuratively ••

Trop., concord, agreement, harmony, unanimity (also class.): quā ex conjunctione naturae et quasi concentu atque consensu, quam συμπάθειαν Graeci vocant, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; cf. actionum, id. Off. 1, 40, 145; and: omnium doctrinarum, id. de Or. 3, 6, 21: virtutis, Tac. G. 3: omnium laudum, Plin. Pan. 4, 6: nunc age, quid nostrum concentnm dividat audi, * Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31.—Of the harmony of colors, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 91; and of the blending of sweet odors, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 86 (Sillig, conceptum).

Perseus ID: n9774 Key: concentus