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Cano
cano
cano
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.noː/
Verb
canō (present infinitive canere, perfect active cecinī, supine cantum); third conjugation
- (transitive) I sing, recite, play.
- (transitive) I sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call.
- (transitive) I foretell, predict, prophesy.
- (intransitive) I sing, make music.
- (intransitive) I chant.
- (intransitive, of owls) I hoot.
- (intransitive, of a musical instrument) I sound, resound, play.
- (intransitive) I sound, play.
Inflection
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Etymology 2
Inflected form of cānus (“white, hoary”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkaː.noː/
Adjective
cānō
- dative masculine singular of cānus
- dative neuter singular of cānus
- ablative masculine singular of cānus
- ablative neuter singular of cānus
References
- cano in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- cano in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CANO in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “cano”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
- Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
- the orchestra is playing: symphōnīa canit (Verr. 3. 44. 105)
- the bugle, trumpet sounds before the general's tent: classicum or tuba canit ad praetorium
- the trumpet sounds for the attack: classicum canit (B. C. 3. 82)
- the retreat is sounded: signa receptui canunt
- the retreat is sounded: receptui canitur (B. G. 7. 47)
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(ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
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(ambiguous) to play on the lyre: fidibus canere
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(ambiguous) to play the flute: tibiis or tibiā canere
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(ambiguous) to sing to a flute accompaniment: ad tibiam or ad tibicinem canere
- the orchestra is playing: symphōnīa canit (Verr. 3. 44. 105)
Portuguese
Etymology
From cana (“cane, reed”).
Pronunciation
Noun
cano m (plural canos)
- tube, pipe
- 2012, João Pedro George, Como sobreviver a um terramoto em Portugal, Leya (ISBN 9789722047371)
- Os terramotos (e as suas réplicas) costumam dar origem a incêndios (devido ao rebentamento das canalizações de gás ou das instalações de eletricidade) e a inundações (devido à rutura dos canos da água). Havendo aparelhos que ...
- 2012, João Pedro George, Como sobreviver a um terramoto em Portugal, Leya (ISBN 9789722047371)
- channel
Spanish
Etymology
From Latin cānus (“white, hoary”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.no/
Adjective
cano m (feminine singular cana, masculine plural canos, feminine plural canas)
- hoary, white-haired, grey-haired
- ancient, old (of a person)
- (rare) white, snow-white, milky white