canticum

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word canticum. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word canticum, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say canticum in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word canticum you have here. The definition of the word canticum will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofcanticum, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

English

Etymology

From Latin canticum (“chant, song”).

Noun

canticum (plural cantica)

  1. A canticle.
  2. A part song in an ancient play.

Latin

Etymology

cantus (“song, chant, singing, incantation”) +‎ -icus (suffix forming neuter nouns)

Pronunciation

Noun

canticum n (genitive canticī); second declension

  1. song
  2. passage in a comedy chanted or sung
  3. sing-song voice
  4. lampoon or libelous song
  5. incantation or magic formula

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative canticum cantica
genitive canticī canticōrum
dative canticō canticīs
accusative canticum cantica
ablative canticō canticīs
vocative canticum cantica

Derived terms

Descendants

References

  • “canticum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “canticum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • canticum 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)
  • canticum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • a choric ode in a tragedy: carmen chori, canticum
    • a choric ode: canticum
  • “canticum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “canticum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
  • Meyer-Lübke, Wilhelm (1911) “canticum”, in Romanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), page 125
  • Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “canticum”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 234
Wikious
Boobota
Sagapedia