Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Phonascus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

PHONAS'CUS (φωνασκός). One who teaches the art of regulating the voice; as a singing-master (Varro ap. Non. s. Suscitabulum. Suet. Nero, 25.); or as a master of elocution. (Suet. Aug. 84. Quint. ii. 8. 15. xi. 3. 19.)

2. In later times the leader of a chorus or band of singers (Sidon. Ep. iv. 11.), for which the proper word is PRAECENTOR.