canto, cantare, cantavi, cantatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · variant: 1st
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
sing; play (roles/music); recite; praise, celebrate; forewarn; enchant, bewitch;
Conjugations
Finite Forms
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | canto | cantamus |
| 2 | cantas | cantatis |
| 3 | cantat | cantant |
Infinitives
| Voice | Tense | Forms |
|---|---|---|
| active | present | cantare |
| active | perfect | cantavisse |
| passive | present | cantari |
Imperatives
active
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | canta | cantate |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cantato | cantatote |
| 3 | cantato | cantanto |
passive
present
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cantare | cantamini |
future
| Person | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cantator | — |
| 3 | cantator | cantantor |
Participles
Perfect Passive Participle
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cantatus | cantati |
| Gen. | cantati | cantatorum |
| Dat. | cantato | — |
| Acc. | cantatum | cantatos |
| Voc. | cantate | cantati |
| Abl. | cantato | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cantata | cantatae |
| Gen. | cantatae | cantatarum |
| Dat. | cantatae | — |
| Acc. | cantatam | cantatas |
| Voc. | cantata | cantatae |
| Abl. | cantata | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cantatum | cantata |
| Gen. | cantati | cantatorum |
| Dat. | cantato | — |
| Acc. | cantatum | cantata |
| Voc. | cantatum | cantata |
| Abl. | cantato | — |
Gerundive
masculine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cantandus | — |
| Gen. | cantandi | — |
| Dat. | cantando | — |
| Acc. | cantandum | — |
| Voc. | cantande | — |
| Abl. | cantando | — |
feminine
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cantanda | — |
| Gen. | cantandae | — |
| Dat. | cantandae | — |
| Acc. | cantandam | — |
| Voc. | cantanda | — |
| Abl. | cantanda | — |
neuter
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nom. | cantandum | — |
| Gen. | cantandi | — |
| Dat. | cantando | — |
| Acc. | cantandum | — |
| Voc. | cantandum | — |
| Abl. | cantando | — |
Supines
accusative: cantatum; ablative: cantatu
Examples
Trinummus
Titus Maccius Plautus
"...sunt quae me excruciant, haec dies noctesque tibi canto ut caveas. quod manu non queunt tangere tantum..."Liber XII
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...Mentiris, credo: recitas mala carmina, laudo: Cantas, canto: bibis, Pontiliane, bibo: Pedis, dissimulo: gemma vis ludere, vincor..."Liber VIII
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...desideramus. Nam id eius frequentissimum exemplum est: "cano canto", et "canto dico", ita "cano dico": interest medium illud..."Ecloga II
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Ecologues
"...mihi non aestate novum, non frigore defit. canto quae solitus, si quando armenta vocabat, Amphion Dircaeus in Actaeo..."Amores III
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Amores
"...ille ego Musarum purus Phoebique sacerdos ad rigidas canto carmen inane fores? discite, qui sapitis, non quae..."Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...membra movere mollius? invideat quod et Hermogenes, ego canto.' interpellandi locus hic erat 'est tibi mater, cognati, quis..."Liber IV
Gaius Plinius Caecilius Secundus (Pliny the Younger) from EPISTVLARVM LIBRI DECEM
"...versus occurrerit; nam ceteros teneo et iam explicui. Canto carmina versibus minutis, his olim quibus et meus Catullus..."