absonus
αὐτόχειρες οὔτε τῶν ἀγαθῶν οὔτε τῶν κακῶν γίγνονται τῶν συμβαινόντων αὐτοῖς → for not with their own hands do they deal out the blessings and curses that befall us
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
ab-sŏnus: a, um, adj.
I Deviating from the right tone, discordant, dissonant, inharmonious: sunt quidam ita voce absoni, ut ... in oratorum numerum venire non possint, Cic. de Or. 1, 25, 115: vox absona atque absurda, id. ib. 3, 11, 41.— Hence,
II In gen., not harmonizing with a thing, not accordant with, unsuitable, incongruous; constr. with ab or ( = alienus) with dat. or absol.: nec absoni a voce motus erant, Liv. 7, 2: nihil absonum fidei divinae originis fuit, id. 1, 15: fortunis absona dicta, Hor. A. P. 112.—Absol.: nihil absonum, nihil agreste, Quint. 6, 3, 107; cf. id. 12, 10, 32.—Adv.: absŏnē, discordantly, incongruously, Gell. 15, 25; App. Mag. p. 277.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
absŏnus,¹⁴ a, um
1 qui n’a pas le son juste, faux : Cic. de Or. 3, 41 ; 1, 115 || littera absona Quint. 12, 10, 32, lettre ayant un son désagréable || discordant, inharmonieux : Gell. 13, 21, 12 ; Apul. M. 8, 26
2 [fig.], discordant : alicui rei Liv. 1, 15, 6, qui ne s’accorde pas avec qqch. ; [ou] ab aliqua re Liv. 7, 2, 5 || abst] choquant, qui détonne : Quint. 6, 3, 107.
