concentus

concentus, ūs, m. [concino], sounds blending harmoniously together, symphony, harmony, harmonious music (class.).

I.

Prop.

A.

In gen.:

ille sonus...qui acuta cum gravibus temperans varios aequabiliter concentus efficit,

Cic. Rep. 6, 18, 18:

concentum servare,

id. Fin. 4, 27, 75:

vocis lyraeque,

Ov. M. 11, 11:

avium,

Cic. Leg. 1, 7, 21; Verg. G. 1, 422 (quoted in Quint. 5, 9, 16); cf.:

et tepidum volucres concentibus aëra mulcent,

Ov. F. 1, 155:

tubarum ac cornuum,

Liv. 9, 41, 17; Quint. 1, 10, 14; cf.

signorum,

id. 9, 4, 11 (al. congestu, id. 10, 7, 16;

v. Spald., Wolf, and Zumpt, dub.): rauci,

Stat. Th. 6, 227.—

2.

Meton., of a choir singing in harmony, Cic. de Or. 3, 80, 196.—

B.

In partic., a concordant acclamation of people in a theatre, Plin. Pan. 2, 6; 46, 2.—

II.

Trop., concord, agreement, harmony, unanimity (also class.): quā ex conjunctione naturae et quasi concentu atque consensu, quam sumpatheian Graeci vocant, etc., Cic. Div. 2, 14, 34; cf.

actionum,

id. Off. 1, 40, 145; and:

omnium doctrinarum,

id. de Or. 3, 6, 21:

virtutis,

Tac. G. 3:

omnium laudum,

Plin. Pan. 4, 6: nunc age, quid nostrum concentnm dividat audi, * Hor. Ep. 1, 14, 31.—Of the harmony of colors, Plin. 37, 6, 24, § 91; and of the blending of sweet odors, Plin. 12, 19, 42, § 86 (Sillig, conceptum).