TONE Copy link • TONEPROP., sonus: sonitus (general term): vox (sound of the human voice or of a musical instrument): vocis genus. Variety of tones, sonorum varietas. Figuratively. Manner of speaking, vox (as to the sound of the voice): sermo (as to the substance of what is said): sonus (as to the general drift or bearing of a speech or composition). A moderate or calm tone, sedata vox: to speak to anybody in a harsh tone, aspere compellare aliquem: to reprove in a gentle tone, molli brachio aliquem objurgare: to speak in a lofty tone, magnifice or superbe loqui: to speak in a low tone, summisse loqui: to alter one’s tone, allocutionem vertere; personam mutare. Coloring, tonus (Plin., 35, 5, 11): also, color (Vid: Hor., Sat., 2, 1, 60, figuratively, color vitae, the tone, coloring, of one’s life).