canorus

Latin

Etymology

From canor (“tune, melody”), from canō (“sing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kaˈnoː.rus/, [käˈnoːrʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kaˈno.rus/, [käˈnɔːrus]

Adjective

canōrus (feminine canōra, neuter canōrum); first/second-declension adjective

1. of or pertaining to melody; melodious, harmonious, euphonious

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	canōrus	canōra	canōrum		canōrī	canōrae	canōra
genitive	canōrī	canōrae	canōrī		canōrōrum	canōrārum	canōrōrum
dative	canōrō	canōrae	canōrō		canōrīs
accusative	canōrum	canōram	canōrum		canōrōs	canōrās	canōra
ablative	canōrō	canōrā	canōrō		canōrīs
vocative	canōre	canōra	canōrum		canōrī	canōrae	canōra

Derived terms

• canōrē
• canōrum

Descendants

• English: canorous
• Italian: canoro
• Portuguese: canoro
• Sicilian: canuru
• Spanish: canoro

References

• “canorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “canorus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• canorus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.