cantillo

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Latin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From cantō (hearth) +‎ -illō (diminutive verb suffix), or back-formed from cantilēna.

Verb

cantillō (present infinitive cantillāre, perfect active cantillāvī, supine cantillātum); first conjugation

  1. to hum, to chirp

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cantillō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cantillō cantillās cantillat cantillāmus cantillātis cantillant
imperfect cantillābam cantillābās cantillābat cantillābāmus cantillābātis cantillābant
future cantillābō cantillābis cantillābit cantillābimus cantillābitis cantillābunt
perfect cantillāvī cantillāvistī cantillāvit cantillāvimus cantillāvistis cantillāvērunt,
cantillāvēre
pluperfect cantillāveram cantillāverās cantillāverat cantillāverāmus cantillāverātis cantillāverant
future perfect cantillāverō cantillāveris cantillāverit cantillāverimus cantillāveritis cantillāverint
passive present cantillor cantillāris,
cantillāre
cantillātur cantillāmur cantillāminī cantillantur
imperfect cantillābar cantillābāris,
cantillābāre
cantillābātur cantillābāmur cantillābāminī cantillābantur
future cantillābor cantillāberis,
cantillābere
cantillābitur cantillābimur cantillābiminī cantillābuntur
perfect cantillātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect cantillātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect cantillātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cantillem cantillēs cantillet cantillēmus cantillētis cantillent
imperfect cantillārem cantillārēs cantillāret cantillārēmus cantillārētis cantillārent
perfect cantillāverim cantillāverīs cantillāverit cantillāverīmus cantillāverītis cantillāverint
pluperfect cantillāvissem cantillāvissēs cantillāvisset cantillāvissēmus cantillāvissētis cantillāvissent
passive present cantiller cantillēris,
cantillēre
cantillētur cantillēmur cantillēminī cantillentur
imperfect cantillārer cantillārēris,
cantillārēre
cantillārētur cantillārēmur cantillārēminī cantillārentur
perfect cantillātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect cantillātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present cantillā cantillāte
future cantillātō cantillātō cantillātōte cantillantō
passive present cantillāre cantillāminī
future cantillātor cantillātor cantillantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives cantillāre cantillāvisse cantillātūrum esse cantillārī cantillātum esse cantillātum īrī
participles cantillāns cantillātūrus cantillātus cantillandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
cantillandī cantillandō cantillandum cantillandō cantillātum cantillātū

Derived terms

Descendants

  • English: cantillate
  • Italian: cantillare

References

  • cantillo”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • cantillo in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.