per-sŏno — Lewis & Short
per-sŏno, ŭi, ĭtum, 1 (
I perf. personavit, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24: personasse, Prud. stef. 34 praef.), v. n. and a.
I Neutr.
A To sound through and through, to resound:
cum domus cantu et cymbalis personaret,Cic. Pis. 10, 22:
ut cotidiano cantu vocum et nervorum et tibiarum nocturnisque conviviis tota vicinitas personet,id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134; id. Phil. 2, 41, 105:
domus Molossis Personuit canibus,Hor. S. 2, 6, 114:
ploratu lamentisque et planctibus tota regia personabat,Curt. 10, 5, 7:
ab aetheris personat axe fragor,Ov. Tr. 1, 2, 46:
tuba,Vulg. Judic. 7, 18.—
B To make a sound on a musical instrument, to sound, play:
citharā Iopas Personat,Verg. A. 1, 741:
cymbalis,Vulg. 1 Par. 16, 5:
buccinis,id. Jos. 6, 13.—
II Act.
A To fill with sound or noise, to make resound (class.):
Cerberus haec regna latratu Personat,Verg. A. 6, 417:
aequora conchā,id. ib. 6, 171: aures hujusmodi vocibus, Cic. Fam. 6, 18, 4; so,
aurem,to bawl in one's ear, Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 7:
ille humi prostraverat corpus, gemitu ejulatuque totam personans regiam,Curt. 8, 2, 5:
pulpita socco,to play in comedy, Claud. Cons. Mall. Theod. 314:
mons choris Aegipanum undique personatur,Sol. 24.—
B To cry out, call aloud (rare but class.):
illae vero non loquuntur solum, verum etiam personant, huc unius mulieris libidinem esse prolapsam,Cic. Cael. 20, 47:
quas res isti in angulis personant,id. Rep. 1, 2, 2:
totam inde per urbem personat, ut, etc.,Val. Fl. 2, 163; Tac.A. 14, 15; Vulg. Jer. 31, 7.—
C To sound or blow upon an instrument (post-class.):
personavit classicum,gave the signal for attack, App. M. 5, p. 164, 24.