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		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		cantillāre	cantillāvisse	cantillātūrum esse	cantillārī	cantillātum esse	cantillātum īrī
participles		cantillāns	—	cantillātūrus	—	cantillātus	cantillandus
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.