cantabat
Dictionary entries
- Entry →canto, cantare, cantavi, cantatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation
- Frequency:
- Very Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
sing; play (roles/music); recite; praise, celebrate; forewarn; enchant, bewitch;
sg. imperf. act. ind. 3rd
Examples
- P
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nunc pudet me et miseret, qui harum mores cantabat mihi, monuisse frustra neque eum potuisse umquam..." - D
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...parentis esse loco. metuens uirgae iam grandis Achilles cantabat patriis in montibus et cui non tunc eliceret risum..."