Cantanus

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek Κάντανος (Kántanos).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ta.nus/, [ˈkän̪t̪änʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkan.ta.nus/, [ˈkän̪t̪änus]

Proper noun

Cantanus m sg (genitive Cantanī); second declension

1. A city in Crete situated near Cisamus

Declension

Second-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

	singular
nominative	Cantanus
genitive	Cantanī
dative	Cantanō
accusative	Cantanum
ablative	Cantanō
vocative	Cantane
locative	Cantanī

References

• “Cantanus”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly