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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
