monotonous Copy link Outline I. Lit., of voices, notes, etc.II. Fig. • monotonous: I. Lit., of voices, notes, etc.: *unum sonum habens: Kr. Phr.: the m. cooing of doves, *turturum gemitus lentus atque aequalis, cf. Liv. 24, 46, fin. II. Fig.: wanting variety: Phr.: a m. speaker, qui omnia similiter atque uno modo dicit, Cic. Br. 66, 233; *cujus oratio lenta ac paene putida aequabilitate est. Comp. monotone.
MONOTONOUS Copy link • MONOTONOUS*unum sonum babens (PROP.); *nulla varietate delectans, *omni varietate carens (figuratively, without variety): a thing has a monotonous sound, lentius aequabiliusque accidit aliquid auribus.