canto
Dictionary entries
- Entry →canto, cantonis:
Masculine · Noun · 3rd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Calepinus
- Age:
- Neo-Latin
canton;
nom. sg.voc. sg. - 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. pres. act. ind. 1st - 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;
abl. sg. perf. pass. part.abl. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part.dat. sg. perf. pass. part. - Entry →cantus, canti:
Masculine · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
tire, iron ring around a carriage wheel; wheel;
abl. sg.dat. sg.
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..."
