cantillo

See also: Cantillo

Latin

Alternative forms

• cantilō

Etymology

From cantō (“hearth”) +‎ -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

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

• cantilēna

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.