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

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.