canti firmi

English

Noun

canti firmi

  1. (nonstandard) plural of cantus firmus

Usage notes

Originates from an erroneous assumption that cantus should be pluralized, like firmus, in the manner of the Latin second declension. The Latin noun cantus is in fact a member of the fourth declension, so its plural is also cantus.

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