canto Latin · revision 6316

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Naevius|origins=la canō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA (Classical): [ˈkan.toː]^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA (Ecclesiastical): [ˈkan.to]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cantō''' (present infinitive cantāre, perfect active cantāvī, supine cantātum); first conjugation^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a frequentative of [[canō]] “to sing” with the suffix -tō, though it mostly has the same meaning.^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's first citation is Naevius, of singing.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Naevius c. 235–200 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant to sing, often in public performance, as Cicero's people who learned to dance and sing, to sing songs or parts, as in Plautus, and to celebrate in song, as in Virgil.^(OLD 2012)^(Gaffiot 2016) Of poets it meant to compose, tell in verse, as in Horace, and to recite a poem.^(OLD 2012) It meant to keep saying, harp on, praise, call, proclaim, and to speak in a sing-song.^(OLD 2012) It meant to chant spells, bewitch, as in Varro and Propertius, of birds to sing, of insects to whine, and to play an instrument, as in Plautus.^(OLD 2012) Döderlein says [[canō]] is to make music in general, ''cantāre'' to sing with the voice.^(Döderlein 1874)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant to sing, play, crow.^(Stelten 1995) It replaced ''canere'' and survives in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese ''cantar(e)'', French ''chanter'' and Romanian ''cânta''.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Through Old French ''chanter'' it is the source of [[en|chant]] in the late 14th century.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 235–200 BC – Naevius uses it of singing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of playing and harping on.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace uses it of composing verse.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|sing]]; to celebrate in song.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To compose; to recite (verse).^(OLD 2012)

+ # To keep saying; to praise; to proclaim.^(OLD 2012)

+ # To chant (spells); to [[m|en|bewitch]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(of birds)'' To sing.^(OLD 2012)

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

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[accanto]]

+ * [[cantābilis]]

+ * [[cantābundus]]

+ * [[cantāmen]]

+ * [[cantātiō]]

+ * [[cantātor]]

+ * [[cantātrīx]]

+ * [[cantitō]]

+ * [[dēcantō]]

+ * [[excantō]]

+ * [[incantō]]

+ * [[occentō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[canticum]]

+ * [[cantiō]]

+ * [[cantor]]

+ * [[cantrīx]]

+ * [[cantus]]

+ * [[canō]]

+ * [[en|chant]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}