cantatio

Latin

Etymology

From cantō +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kanˈtaː.ti.oː/, [kän̪ˈt̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈtat.t͡si.o/, [kän̪ˈt̪ät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

cantātiō f (genitive cantātiōnis); third declension

1. music, song
2. charm, spell, incantation

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	cantātiō	cantātiōnēs
Genitive	cantātiōnis	cantātiōnum
Dative	cantātiōnī	cantātiōnibus
Accusative	cantātiōnem	cantātiōnēs
Ablative	cantātiōne	cantātiōnibus
Vocative	cantātiō	cantātiōnēs

References

• “cantatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cantatio in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.