cantor Latin · revision 8465

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

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cantor''' ''m'' (genitive cantōris, feminine cantrīx); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is from [[canō]] “to sing” with the suffix [[-tor]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline) Isidore says the ⟨cantor⟩ is named for modulating his voice in song.^(Isidore)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Cicero, of a person who sings the praises of someone, and Horace, of a singer.^(OLD 2012) Köbler dates Horace 65–8 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant a singer, usually accompanying himself on an instrument, as in Horace, and in Cicero someone who sings another's praises.^(OLD 2012) Etymonline adds the senses of poet and actor.^(Etymonline)

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+ In Christian Latin it meant a church singer, a chorister, and the precentor who led the choir.^(Niermeyer 1976) British Medieval Latin used it for a singer, a minstrel.^(DMLBS) It survives in Italian ''cantore'' and French ''chantre'', and gave [[en|cantor]] in the 1530s, a church song-leader.^(Wiktionary)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 81–43 BC – Cicero uses it of a praiser.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 1530s – English ''cantor'' is recorded.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A singer.^(OLD 2012)

+ # One who sings someone's praises.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Ecclesiastical Latin)'' A church singer; a [[m|en|precentor]], [[m|en|cantor]].^(Niermeyer 1976)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[canō]]

+ * [[canor]]

+ * [[canōrus]]

+ * [[cantāmen]]

+ * [[canticum]]

+ * [[cantiō]]

+ * [[cantō]]

+ * [[cantus]]

+ * [[en|cantor]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}