English

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Etymology

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Learned borrowing from Latin cantus (literally song, chant).

Noun

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cantus

  1. (music) Synonym of superius.
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Latin

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Etymology 1

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Perfect passive participle of canō.

Pronunciation

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Participle

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cantus (feminine canta, neuter cantum); first/second-declension participle

  1. sung, recited
  2. sounded, blew
  3. chanted
Declension
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First/second-declension adjective.

Number Singular Plural
Case / Gender Masculine Feminine Neuter Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nominative cantus canta cantum cantī cantae canta
Genitive cantī cantae cantī cantōrum cantārum cantōrum
Dative cantō cantō cantīs
Accusative cantum cantam cantum cantōs cantās canta
Ablative cantō cantā cantō cantīs
Vocative cante canta cantum cantī cantae canta

Noun

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cantus m (genitive cantūs); fourth declension

  1. song, singing
  2. chant, incantation
  3. crowing, crow (sound certain birds make)
Declension
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Fourth-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cantus cantūs
Genitive cantūs cantuum
Dative cantuī cantibus
Accusative cantum cantūs
Ablative cantū cantibus
Vocative cantus cantūs

Derived terms

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Descendants

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Etymology 2

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Noun

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cantus m (genitive cantī); second declension

  1. Alternative spelling of canthus (wheel, carriage tire)[1]
Declension
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Second-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative cantus cantī
Genitive cantī cantōrum
Dative cantō cantīs
Accusative cantum cantōs
Ablative cantō cantīs
Vocative cante cantī

References

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  1. ^ 2 cantus (C. du Cange, 1678), 6 cantus (P. Carpentier, 1766) in: du Cange, et al., Glossarium mediae et infimae latinitatis, augmented ed., Niort: L. Favre, 1883–1887, t. 2, col. 109a.
  • cantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cantus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • cantus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • instrumental music: nervorum et tibiarum cantus
    • vocal and instrumental music: vocum et fidium (nervorum) cantus

Sardinian

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Noun

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cantus m pl

  1. plural of cantu