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
Heauton Timorumenos
Publius Terentius Afer (Terence)
"...nunc pudet me et miseret, qui harum mores cantabat mihi, monuisse frustra neque eum potuisse umquam..."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..."