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+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=Carmen Saliare|origins=ine-pro *keh₂n-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈka.noː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkaː.no]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''canō''' (present infinitive canere, perfect active cecinī, supine cantum); third conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|itc-pro|*kan-e(je)-]], [[inh|ine-pro|*kh₂n-e-|t=to sing]].^(de Vaan 2008)^(Wiktionary) Cognate with [[xum|kanetu|t=let him sing]], [[sga|canaid|t=sings]], [[cy|canu|t=to sing]] and [[grc|καναχή|tr=kanakhḗ|t=clang]]; [[en|hen]], the “singer”, belongs to the same root.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012)^(TLL) [[carmen]] “song” is from *kan-men.^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan's first sources are the Carmen Saliare, which has the old imperative ''cante'' “sing!”, and Plautus.^(de Vaan 2008)^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to sing or chant, to sing of something, and to celebrate in verse, as when Lucilius asks a poet to sing the deeds of Cornelius.^(OLD 2012) It was used of prophecy and incantation, of boasting, of playing an instrument, and of a trumpet sounding a signal, as in Caesar.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Ennius speaks of the verses that the Fauns and seers once sang.^(OLD 2012)

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+ Döderlein says that ''canere'' is making music in general, with voice or instrument, while [[cantō]] is singing and [[psallō]] playing a stringed instrument.^(Döderlein 1874) The frequentative ''cantāre'' replaced it in Romance and gave [[en|chant]], and the agent noun [[cantor]] is the source of [[en|cantor]].^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * Archaic – the Carmen Saliare has ''cante''.^(OLD 2012)

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius speaks of verses sung by Fauns and seers.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 180–102 BC – Lucilius asks for a song of Cornelius' deeds.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 50 BC – Caesar uses it of a trumpeter sounding a signal.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * late 14th century – English ''chant'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|sing]], chant.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To sing of; to celebrate (in verse).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To [[m|en|prophesy]]; to utter (spells).^(Gaffiot 2016)^(Lewis & Short 1879)

+ # To speak boastfully.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To play (an instrument).^(OLD 2012)

+ # (of a trumpet) To sound (a signal).^(OLD 2012)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accanō]]

+ * [[canor]]

+ * [[cantiō]]

+ * [[cantō]]

+ * [[cantor]]

+ * [[cantrīx]]

+ * [[canturiō]]

+ * [[cantus]]

+ * [[carmen]]

+ * [[concinō]]

+ * [[decano]]

+ * [[intercinō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[en|chant]]

+ * [[en|hen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}