tŏnus Copy link Outline I. The stretching, straining of a ropeII. Trop.A. Lit., the sound, tone, of an instrument, ...B. Transf.1. Like our tone, in painting, of the natural color of an object, ...2. For tonitrus, thunder, Sen. Q. N. 2, 56, 1 ... • tŏnus, i, m., = τόνος. I. 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 med.; 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.