cantillo

See also: Cantillo

Latin

Alternative forms

  • cantilō

Etymology

From cantō (“to sing, make music”) +‎ -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
  2. to sing
    • 1650, Casparus Streso, Commentarius Practicus In Actorum Apostolicorum Per Lucam ...:
      4. Quod precantus & cantillant sine intellectu, linguâ peregrina, quam nec cantores nec auditores intelligunt. 5. Quod cantillant sine devotione. Sunt preces merè mercenariæ solorum clericorum, sicut nostri vigiles precio conducuntur ad proclamandam horam noctis.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1860, Ulrich von Hutten, Ulrichi Hutteni equitis Germani opera quae reperiri ...:
      'ester ac potatur incondite, […] poculis agminatim ingestis, clamore ludunt, strepitu cantillant': haec in hos conveniunt.
      'They eat and drink in disorder, [...] they play with shouts, they sing with noise': these things apply to them.
    • 1900, Report & Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art, volume 32:
      primus designat musicam sive rationem cantus apud Judæos, qui textum Biblicum non legunt sed cantillant. That is, [...] the first designates musick or the manner of singing among the Jews, who do not read but sing.
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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 infinitive participle
active passive active passive
present cantillāre cantillārī cantillāns —
future cantillātūrum esse cantillātum īrī cantillātūrus cantillandus
perfect cantillāvisse cantillātum esse — cantillātus
future perfect — cantillātum fore — —
perfect potential cantillātūrum fuisse — — —
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.
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