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canor
canor
Latin
Noun
canor m (genitive canōris); third declension
- song, tune
- c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 4.180
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parvus ut est cycni melior canor, ille gruum quam clamor
- Just as a small song of a swan is better than the racket of the cranes
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parvus ut est cycni melior canor, ille gruum quam clamor
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Inflection
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | canor | canōrēs |
| genitive | canōris | canōrum |
| dative | canōrī | canōribus |
| accusative | canōrem | canōrēs |
| ablative | canōre | canōribus |
| vocative | canor | canōrēs |
Derived terms
Verb
canor
- first-person singular present passive indicative of canō
References
- canor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- canor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- CANOR in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “canor”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.