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
- T
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..."- M
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..." - P
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..." - P
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..." - Q
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..." - G
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..."