sons

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sʌnz/

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• Homophone: suns

Noun

sons

1. plural of son

Anagrams

• -sson

Noun

sons

1. plural of só

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɔ̃/

Noun

sons m

1. plural of son

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *sonts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁s-ónt-s, the present participle of *h₁es- (whence also sum). Due to vowel reduction, it appears as -sēns in compounded forms of sum. Thus "he who is it", "the real person", "the guilty one". Compare English sooth for an exact cognate, and sin for the same semantic development.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /sons/, [sõːs]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /sons/

Adjective

sōns (genitive sontis); third declension

1. guilty
2. criminal

Noun

sōns m (genitive sontis); third declension

1. criminal

References

• sons in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sons in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• sons in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• sons in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette

Noun

sons m

1. plural of som

Noun

sons

1. indefinite genitive singular of son
2. definite genitive singular of so

Noun

sons

1. nominative plural of son
2. vocative plural of son (i.e., o sons!)