cano, canere, cecini, cantus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | cano | canimus |
| 2 | canis | canitis |
| 3 | canit | canunt |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | canere |
| active | perfect | cecinisse |
| passive | present | cani |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cane | canite |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | canito | canitote |
| 3 | canito | canunto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | canere | canimini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | canitor | — |
| 3 | canitor | canuntor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cantus | canti |
| Gen. | canti | cantorum |
| Dat. | canto | — |
| Acc. | cantum | cantos |
| Voc. | cante | canti |
| Abl. | canto | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | canta | cantae |
| Gen. | cantae | cantarum |
| Dat. | cantae | — |
| Acc. | cantam | cantas |
| Voc. | canta | cantae |
| Abl. | canta | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cantum | canta |
| Gen. | canti | cantorum |
| Dat. | canto | — |
| Acc. | cantum | canta |
| Voc. | cantum | canta |
| Abl. | canto | — |
Supines
accusative: cantum; ablative: cantu
Examples
- T
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...amem me castigare, id ponito ad compendium: `Cano capite, aetate aliena' eo addito ad compendium. `Quoi sit uxor..." - T
Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aetatis ludificari, [immo edepol sic ludos factum] cano capite atque alba barba miserum me auro esse emunctum. perii..." - T
Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aliud nil sit, tui me, uxor, pudet. ART. Cano capite te cuculum uxor ex lustris rapit..." - M
Liber VIII
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Magnum. 720lucis maesta parum per densas Cynthia nubespraebebat, cano sed discolor aequore truncusconspicitur. tenet ille ducem conplexibus artiseripiente..." - M
Liber VI
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...nefandopollutoque uoco, si numquam haec carmina fibrishumanis ieiuna cano, si pectora plenasaepe deo laui calido prosecta cerebro..." - M
Liber IV
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...Clipeam tenuit stationis litora notae,primaque castra locat cano procul aequore, qua seBagrada lentus agit siccae sulcator harenae.inde..." - M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...feralia uiderat arma, intonsos rigidam in frontem descendere canos 375passus erat maestamque genis increscere barbam: uni quippe uacat..." - T
Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quid ternas? DEM. Amo. LYS. Tun capite cano amas, senex nequissime? DEM. Si canum seu istuc rutilum sive..."