vox humana

English

Etymology

Latin [Term?]

Noun

vox humana (plural vox humanas)

  1. An organ stop having some resemblance to the human voice.
    • John Betjeman, In Westminster Abbey
      Let me take this other glove off / As the vox humana swells, / And the beauteous fields of Eden / Bask beneath the Abbey bells.

Latin

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈwoːks huːˈmaː.na/

Noun

vōx hūmāna f (genitive vōcis hūmānae); third declension

  1. the human voice
  2. what a person would say

Inflection

Third declension noun with first declension adjective.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative vōx hūmāna vōcēs hūmānae
Genitive vōcis hūmānae vōcum hūmānārum
Dative vōcī hūmānae vōcibus hūmānīs
Accusative vōcem hūmānam vōcēs hūmānās
Ablative vōce hūmānā vōcibus hūmānīs
Vocative vōx hūmāna vōcēs hūmānae
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