Oxford Latin Dictionary
Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, 266.canō on page 266
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canere to sing
canere is a Latin Verb that primarily means to sing.
Definitions for canere
Wheelock's Latin
Verb
- 1
to sing about
Oxford Latin Dictionary
Verb
- 1
To sing, chant (songs, etc.); (absol.) to sing. (b) (spec.) to chant incantations. (c) (prov.) surdis ~ere and sim.: see SVRDVS; cantilenam eandem ~ere, to sing the same song; (carmen sibi) intus ~ere, to act for one's own pleasure or profit.
- 2
To utter in song, sing of.
- 3
To celebrate (in verse), relate, tell of. (b) to celebrate in lyrical language, extol. (c) to compose (writings, etc.).
- 4
(a) To utter in boastful or extravagant language. (b) (of a herald) to proclaim. (c) (of romour) to give out, tell.
- 5
To play (on musical instruments); (w. acc.) to play (a tune, etc.). (b) (of musical instruments) to sound; (w. acc.) to cause by sounding.
Sentences with canere
Latin to English
Arma virumque canō.Compare I sing of arms and a man.
Mantua mē genuit, Calabrī rapuēre, tenet nunc Pathenopē: cecinī pascua, rūra, ducēs. (inscription on the tomb of Vergil).Compare Mantua gave me life, Calabria took it away, now Naples holds me: I sang of pastures, fields, and heroes.
Conjugation table for canere
Cactus2000
| ACTIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| canō canis canit canimus canitis canunt | canēbam canēbās canēbat canēbāmus canēbātis canēbant |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| cecinī / canī cecinistī / canistī cecinit / canit cecinimus / canimus cecinistis / canistis cecinērunt / cecinēre / canērunt / canēre | cecineram / caneram cecinerās / canerās cecinerat / canerat cecinerāmus / canerāmus cecinerātis / canerātis cecinerant / canerant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| canam canēs canet canēmus canētis canent | cecinerō / canerō cecineris / caneris cecinerit / canerit cecinerimus / canerimus cecineritis / caneritis cecinerint / canerint |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| canam canās canat canāmus canātis canant | canerem canerēs caneret canerēmus canerētis canerent |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| cecinerim / canerim cecineris / caneris cecinerit / canerit cecinerimus / canerimus cecineritis / caneritis cecinerint / canerint | cecinissem / canissem cecinissēs / canissēs cecinisset / canisset cecinissēmus / canissēmus cecinissētis / canissētis cecinissent / canissent |
Infinitive present canere Infinitive perfect cecinisse / canisse Infinitive future cantātūrum esse | Imperative present cane canite Imperative future canitō canitō canitōte canuntō |
| PASSIVE | |
| Indicative present | Indicative imperfect |
| canor caneris canitur canimur caniminī canuntur | canēbar canēbāris / canēbāre canēbātur canēbāmur canēbāminī canēbantur |
| Indicative perfect | Indicative pluperfect |
| cantātus sum cantātus es cantātus est cantātī sumus cantātī estis cantātī sunt | cantātus eram cantātus erās cantātus erat cantātī erāmus cantātī erātis cantātī erant |
| Indicative future | Indicative future perfect |
| canar canēris / canēre canētur canēmur canēminī canentur | cantātus erō cantātus eris cantātus erit cantātī erimus cantātī eritis cantātī erunt |
| Subjunctive present | Subjunctive imperfect |
| canar canāris / canāre canātur canāmur canāminī canantur | canerer canerēris / canerēre canerētur canerēmur canerēminī canerentur |
| Subjunctive perfect | Subjunctive pluperfect |
| cantātus sim cantātus sīs cantātus sit cantātī sīmus cantātī sītis cantātī sint | cantātus essem cantātus essēs cantātus esset cantātī essēmus cantātī essētis cantātī essent |
Infinitive present canī Infinitive perfect cantātum esse Infinitive future cantātum īrī | Imperative present canere caniminī Imperative future canitor canitor - canuntor |
| PARTICIPLE | ||
| Participle present active | ||
| Nom. | canēns | canentēs |
| Gen. | canentis | canentium |
| Dat. | canentī | canentibus |
| Acc. | canentem | canentēs |
| Abl. | canente | canentibus |
| Participle future active | ||
| Nom. | cantātūrus | cantātūrī |
| Gen. | cantātūrī | cantātūrōrum |
| Dat. | cantātūrō | cantātūrīs |
| Acc. | cantātūrum | cantātūrōs |
| Abl. | cantātūrō | cantātūrīs |
| Participle perfect passive | ||
| Nom. | cantātus | cantātī |
| Gen. | cantātī | cantātōrum |
| Dat. | cantātō | cantātīs |
| Acc. | cantātum | cantātōs |
| Abl. | cantātō | cantātīs |
| Gerundive | ||
| Nom. | canendus | canendī |
| Gen. | canendī | canendōrum |
| Dat. | canendō | canendīs |
| Acc. | canendum | canendōs |
| Abl. | canendō | canendīs |
| Gerund | Supine | |
| Nom. | canere | cantātum |
| Gen. | canendī | cantātū |
| Dat. | canendō | |
| Acc. | canendum | |
| Abl. | canendō | |
Data sources
Notes
- Definitions
- Frederick M. Wheelock, Wheelock's Latin, 6th ed., rev. Richard A. LaFleur (New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 2005): 472.
- P. G. W. Glare, Oxford Latin Dictionary, Vols. 1-8 (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1982): 266.
- Word frequencies
- Christopher Francese, "Latin Core Vocabulary," Dickinson College Commentaries, last modified 2014, http://dcc.dickinson.edu.
- Paul B. Diederich, The Frequency of Latin Words and Their Endings, PhD diss., (Columbia University, 1939).
- Louis Delatte, Suzanne Govaerts, Joseph Denooz, and Etienne Evrard, Dictionnaire fréquentiel et index inverse de la langue latine [Frequency Dictionary and Inverse Index of the Latin Language] (Liège, Belgium: Laboratoire d'analyse statistique des langues anciennes de l'Université de Liège [L.A.S.L.A.], 1981): 124.
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Citation
Chicago (17th ed.)
Allo Contributors. "canō, canere, cecinī, cantum (v.) - Latin Word Definition." Allo Latin Dictionary. Last modified . Accessed December 22, 2024. http://ancientlanguages.org/latin/dictionary/cano-canere-cecini-cantum.
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Wheelock's Latin
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