cantum
Dictionary entries
- 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;
acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg. perf. pass. part.acc. sg.nom. sg. perf. pass. part.voc. 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;
acc. sg.gen. pl. - Entry →cantus, cantus:
Masculine · Noun · 4th declension
- Frequency:
- Frequent
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
song, chant; singing; cry (bird); blast (trumpet); poem, poetry; incantation;
acc. sg.gen. pl.
Examples
- D
Satura IX
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...eant omnes, prope nemo recumbat; quod tamen ad cantum galli facit ille secundi proximus ante diem caupo sciet..." - L
de Providentia
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from DIALOGI
"...morosae uxoris cotidiana repudia deflenti somnus per symphoniarum cantum ex longinquo lene resonantium quaeritur? Mero se licet sopiat..." - M
Liber XI
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...Cicero dicit esse aliquem in oratione "cantum obscuriorem" et hoc quodam naturali initio venit? Ostendam non multo post..." - P
Aeneid IX
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...alta Dindyma, ubi adsuetis biforem dat tibia cantum. tympana vos buxusque vocat Berecyntia Matris Idaeae; sinite arma viris..." - Q
Sermones I
Quintus Horatius Flaccus (Horace) from Sermones
"...laeta.' agricolam laudat iuris legumque peritus, sub galli cantum consultor ubi ostia pulsat; ille, datis vadibus qui rure..." - P
Liber XIII
Publius Cornelius Tacitus from ANNALES
"...adlatura: ubi Britannico iussit exsurgeret progressusque in medium cantum aliquem inciperet, inrisum ex eo sperans pueri sobrios quoque..."
