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
Casina
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...amem me castigare, id ponito ad compendium: `Cano capite, aetate aliena' eo addito ad compendium. `Quoi sit uxor..."Bacchides
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aetatis ludificari, [immo edepol sic ludos factum] cano capite atque alba barba miserum me auro esse emunctum. perii..."Asinaria
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...aliud nil sit, tui me, uxor, pudet. ART. Cano capite te cuculum uxor ex lustris rapit..."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..."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..."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..."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..."Mercator
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...Quid ternas? DEM. Amo. LYS. Tun capite cano amas, senex nequissime? DEM. Si canum seu istuc rutilum sive..."