cantio Latin · revision 9814

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=Plautus|origins=ine-pro *keh₂n-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

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

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

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''cantiō''' ''f'' (genitive cantiōnis); third declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[af|la|canō|-tiō|t1=to sing]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) De Vaan traces ⟨canō⟩ to [[itc-pro|*kan-e-]], from [[ine-pro|*kh₂n-e-|t=to sing]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The OLD's earliest citations are from Plautus, of singing.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010) Köbler dates Plautus c. 250–184 BC.^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It meant singing, a song, rare and mostly ante-classical according to Lewis & Short, as in Plautus; and a magical incantation, a charm, as in Cato and Cicero.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Gaffiot 2016)

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+ In Ecclesiastical Latin it meant a song.^(Stelten 1995) British Medieval Latin used it for church singing, chanting, and for reciting numbers in counting.^(DMLBS) It is the source of Italian ''canzone'', French ''chanson'', Catalan ''cançó'' and Portuguese ''canção''.^(Wiktionary)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus uses it of song.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 234–149 BC – Cato uses it of a magic charm.^(OLD 2012)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # Singing, a [[m|en|song]].^(OLD 2012)

+ # A magical [[m|en|incantation]], charm.^(OLD 2012)

+ # ''(Medieval Latin)'' Church singing, [[m|en|chant|alt=chanting]].^(DMLBS)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[cantiuncula]]

+ * [[cantiōnālis]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[canō]]

+ * [[cantus]]

+ * [[cantō]]

+ * [[carmen]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}