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.
voice (v.) Copy link Outline I. Trans.II. Intrans. • voice (v.): I. Trans.: praedĭco, 1: v. to proclaim, utter, publish. II. Intrans.: clāmo, 1: v. to cry.
VOICE Copy link • VOICEvox (general term, the faculty of producing audible and articulate sounds: then, also, the sound itself that is produced, either of living beings or personified objects; e.g., the voice of nature, naturae vox): cantus (the song of birds): sonus (the tone, sound of a voice or of a musical instrument): vocis sonus (the sound of the voice): sonitus (a continuing sound, as that of the tuba, tubae; of thunder, tonitruum). A clear voice, vox clara (a loud, discernible voice; opposed to a dull, indistinct voice, vox obtusa): vox canora (a clear, harmonious voice; opposed to a dull, low voice, vox fusca). A clear voice, vox laevis (opposed to a rough voice, vox aspera): a high or acute voice, vox acuta (opposed to a deep voice, vox gravis): a flexible voice, vox flexibilis (opposed to a harsh voice, vox dura): a full voice, vox plena (opposed to a thin, faint voice, vox exilis): with a loud voice, (e.g., to call), clara voce; magna voce: firmness, power, etc., of voice, vocis magnitudo, firmitudo: clearness of voice, vocis splendor: to know anybody by his voice, aliquem voce noscitare: aliquem ex voce cognoscere: to imitate the human voice, imitari humanae vocis sonum: to raise one’s voice, attollere vocem: to lower one’s voice, submittere vocem: to exert one’s voice beyond measure, vocem ultra vires urgere. Figuratively. To listen to anybody’s voice, audire aliquem (to listen to, follow anybody): aliquem monentem audire (to listen to anybody’s exhortation). To obey the voice, or call of nature, naturam ducem sequi: congruenter naturae convenienterque vivere: to listen to the voice, of one’s conscience, a recta conscientia non discedere. Vote; suffrage, sententia (general term; of a senator in the Senate, of a judge in the court, of the people in the comitia, etc.): suffragium (the vote of a Roman citizen in the comitia; then also, the voting tablet): punctum (the vote which a candidate received in the comitia; because the collectors of the votes [custodes] made a dot or point opposite the name of the person in whose favor the tablet was sent in). By metonymy, the general voice, omnium consensus, consensus publicus: there is only one voice, concerning anything, omnes uno ore in aliqua re consentiunt: to have the first voice, principatum sententiae tenere.