cano

See also caño, and Cano

Latin

Etymology 1

From Proto-Indo-European *kan- (“to sing”). Cognates include Old Irish canaid, Welsh canu and Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “cock”). Confer carmen (“song”) (< earlier *can-men).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈka.noː/

Verb

present active canō, present infinitive canere, perfect active cecinī, supine cantum.

1. (transitive) I sing, recite.
   • 29–19 BCE, Vergil, Aeneid, 1.1

     Arma virumque cano Troiae […]

     I sing of weapons and a man of Troy […]

2. (transitive) I sound, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call.
3. (transitive) I foretell, predict, prophesy.
4. (intransitive) I sing, make music.
5. (intransitive) I chant.
6. (intransitive, of owls) I hoot.
7. (intransitive, of a musical instrument) I sound, resound.
8. (intransitive) I sound.

Inflection

Third Conjugation

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	canō	canis	canit	canimus	canitis	canunt
	future	canam	canēs	canet	canēmus	canētis	canent
	imperfect	canēbam	canēbās	canēbat	canēbāmus	canēbātis	canēbant
	perfect	cecinī	cecinistī	cecinit	cecinimus	cecinistis	cecinērunt
	future perfect	cecinerō	cecineris	cecinerit	cecinerimus	cecineritis	cecinerint
	pluperfect	cecineram	cecinerās	cecinerat	cecinerāmus	cecinerātis	cecinerant
passive	present	canor	caneris	canitur	canimur	caniminī	canuntur
	future	canar	canēris	canētur	canēmur	canēminī	canentur
	imperfect	canēbar	canēbāris	canēbātur	canēbāmur	canēbāminī	canēbantur
	perfect	Use cantus m, canta f, cantum n followed by the present indicative of sum.
	future perfect	Use cantus m, canta f, cantum n followed by the future indicative of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cantus m, canta f, cantum n followed by the imperfect indicative of sum.
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	canam	canās	canat	canāmus	canātis	canant
	imperfect	canerem	canerēs	caneret	canerēmus	canerētis	canerent
	perfect	cecinerim	cecinerīs	cecinerit	cecinerīmus	cecinerītis	cecinerint
	pluperfect	cecinissem	cecinissēs	cecinisset	cecinissēmus	cecinissētis	cecinissent
passive	present	canar	canāris	canātur	canāmur	canāminī	canantur
	imperfect	canerer	canerēris	canerētur	canerēmur	canerēminī	canerentur
	perfect	Use cantus m, canta f, cantum n followed by the present subjunctive of sum.
	pluperfect	Use cantus m, canta f, cantum n followed by the imperfect subjunctive of sum.
imperatives		active			passive
		present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)	present (you)	future (you)	future (he/she)
	singular	cane	canitō	canitō	canere	canitor	canitor
	plural	canite	canitōte	canuntō	caniminī	—	canuntor
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		canere	cecinisse	cantūrus esse	canī	cantus esse	cantum īrī
participles		canēns (canentis)	—	cantūrus-ra, -rum	—	cantus-a, -um	canendus-nda, -ndum

Derived terms

• accanō / accinō
• canor
• cantō
• concinō

Related terms

accentor accentus būcina būcinō būcinum canōrus cantāmen

carmen concentus concinō luscinia tībīcen vāticinor

Etymology 2

Inflected form of cānus (“white, hoary”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈkaː.noː/

Adjective

cānō

1. dative masculine singular of cānus
2. dative neuter singular of cānus
3. ablative masculine singular of cānus
4. ablative neuter singular of cānus

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: [ˈkɐ̃nu]

Noun

cano m (plural canos)

1. tube, pipe
2. channel

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Spanish

Etymology

From Latin cānus (“white, hoary”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈka.no/

Adjective

cano m (feminine cana, masculine plural canos, feminine plural canas)

1. hoary, white-haired, grey-haired
2. ancient, old (for a person)
3. (rare) white, snow-white, milky white

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Welsh

Verb

cano

1. third-person singular subjunctive of canu