Symphonia, pen. cor. Cic.Consent in tune: harmonie.Canit symphonia.Cic.Symphoniæ cantus.Cic.The consent and harmonie of diurs playing or singing togither. Symphonia herba, quæ & gumphena dicitur. Pli. An herbe which hath diuers colours. Apuleius saith it is Hyosciamus. Henbaine.
Lewis and Short: Latin dictionary
symphōnĭa, ae, f., = sumfwni/a,an agreement of sounds, concord, harmony, symphony.I.Lit., sing.: cum symphonia caneret, Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, 105; 2, 5, 13, 31; id. Fam. 16, 9, 3; Liv. 39, 10, 7; Plin. 9, 8, 8, 24; 10, 29, 43, 84; Sen. E 12, 8; Hor. A. P. 374.—Plur., Cic. Cael. 15, 35; Cels. 3, 18 al.—Of a signal in war, Prud. ad Symm. 2, 527.—II.Transf., in late Lat., a kind of musical instrument, Isid. Orig. 3, 22 fin.; cf. Hier. Ep. 21, 29.