cano, canis, canere C, cecini, cantum Verb

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Translations

  1. to sing
  2. to sing
  3. to celebrate
  4. to chant
  5. to crow

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Consonant Conjugation (3)

Tenses

Person Singular Plural
1.
2.
3.
Future subjunctive forms do not exist. The subjunctive only exists in the four other tenses.

Infinitives

Active Passive
Simult. (Present) canerecani
Anter. (Perfect) cecinissecantum esse
Post. (Future) canturum essecantum iri

Participles

Sg. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.
Pl. Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Gerund

Gerund forms only exist in singular.

Sg. Gerund
Nom. canere
Gen. canendi
Dat. canendo
Acc. canendum
Voc. canere
Abl. canendo

Gerundive

Masculine Feminine Neuter
Nom.
Gen.
Dat.
Acc.
Voc.
Abl.

Imperatives & Supina

Singular Plural
Imperative cane!canite!
Supinum
Type I cantum
Type II cantū

Example Sentences

Publius Ovidius Naso

Nunc mihi mille sonos quoque est memoratus Achilles vellem, Maeonide, pectus inesse tuum, dum canimus sacras alterno carmine Nonas.

~ Ovid, Fasti II
Marcus Tullius Cicero

Democritus quidem optumis verbis causam explicat cur ante lucem galli canant: depulso enim de pectore et in omne corpus diviso et mitificato cibo, cantus edere quiete satiatos; qui quide

~ Cicero, De Divinatione Liber Alter
Publius Vergilius Maro

non omnis arbusta iuvant humilesque myricae; si canimus silvas, silvae sint consule dignae.

~ Vergil, P. i Maronis Ecloga Qvarta
Publius Vergilius Maro

Non canimus surdis: respondent omnia siluae.

~ Vergil, P. i Maronis Ecloga Decima

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