canere
Dictionary entries
- Entry →cano, canere, cani, canitus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Later
sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndpl. perf. act. ind. 3rdsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - Entry →caneo, canere, canui, -:
Verb · 2nd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
be/become covered in white; be hoary, be white/gray (with age);
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin. - Entry →cano, canere, cecini, cantus:
Verb · 3rd conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell;
sg. pres. pass. imp. 2ndsg. fut. pass. ind. 2ndsg. pres. pass. ind. 2ndpres. act. infin.
Examples
Liber XX
Aulus Gellius
"...Atei coniectaneis invenimus "siticines" appellatos, qui apud sitos canere soliti essent, hoc est vita functos et sepultos, eosque..."Liber V
Aulus Gellius
"...frustra esse neque illi philosophum loqui, sed tibicinem canere. Animus" inquit "audientis philosophum, dum, quae dicuntur, utilia..."Liber I
Aulus Gellius
"...coeptumque in hostem progredi, tibicines inter exercitum positi canere inceptabant. Ea ibi praecentione tranquilla et delectabili atque adeo..."Liber I
Titus Lucretius Carus (Lucretius) from DE RERVM NATVRA LIBRI SEX
"...laetas urbes pueris florere videmus frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas, hinc fessae pecudes pinguis per pabula laeta..."SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...ingenia deleverat, cum Pindarus novemque lyrici Homericis versibus canere timuerunt. Et ne poetas quidem ad testimonium citem, certe..."Liber X
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Xenophontem utiles oratori putat, quamquam illum "bellicum canere", huius ore "Musas esse locutas" existimet. Licet tamen nobis..."Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...similis, quia et carmen est et se poetae canere testantur, non tamen in canticum dissoluta nec plasmate..."Capitula
Aulus Gellius
"...XVII. Quam ob causam nobiles pueri Atheniensium tibiis canere desierint, cum patrium istum morem canendi haberent. XVIII. Quod..."
