voice (subs.) Copy link Outline I. Faculty or mode of utteranceII. Sound uttered1. vox2. sŏnus3. sŏnĭtus, ūs4. sometimes cantus, ūs (of the v. of birds or musical instruments)III. Opinion expressed, suffrage1. vox2. sententia • voice (subs.): I. Faculty or mode of utterance: vox, vōcis, f.: nor does thy v. sound human, nec v. hominem sonat, Virg. Aen. 1, 328: I advocated the. Voconian law with a loud v., legem Voconiam magna voce suasi, Cic. de Sen. 5, 14: the quality of the v., vocis figura, Auct. Her. 3, 11, 19 (v. the passage for expr. for strength, etc.. of v.): tone of v., vocis genus, Cic. de Or. 3, 58, 117 (v. the whole passage: v. also id. Or. 17, 57, seq.). II. Sound uttered: 1. vox: a stag terrified by the v.s of the hunters, cervus venantum vocibus conterritus, Phaedr. 1, 12, 7: also of inanimate things: the horn fills the shores with its v., buccina litora v. replet: Virg. Aen. 7, 519. 2. sŏnus: v. sound. 3. sŏnĭtus, ūs: v. sound. 4. sometimes cantus, ūs (of the v. of birds or musical instruments): the v.s of birds, c. avium, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94: v. song: as soon as the v. of the trumpets was heard, simul ac tubarum est auditus c., Liv. 25, 24: v. sound. III. Opinion expressed, suffrage: 1. vox: universal agreement is the v. of nature, omnium consensus naturae v. est, Cic. Tusc. 1, 15, 35. 2. sententia: Caecina determined in accordance with the v. of his friends, placuit Caecinae de amicorum s., id. Caecin. 7, 20: v. opinion, vote. Phr.: Agricola was demanded as general with one v., Agricola uno ore dux poscebatur, Tac. Agr. 41: the general v. was for peace, omnium consensu pax facta, Caes. B. G. 2, 29, extr.: he wins every v., omne tulit punctum (vote, token of approbation), Hor. A. P. 343.