cantatus

Latin

Etymology

Perfect passive participle of cantō (“sing”), frequentative verb formed from cantus (“sung”), perfect passive participle of canere (“sing”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kanˈtaː.tus/, [kän̪ˈt̪äːt̪ʊs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈta.tus/, [kän̪ˈt̪äːt̪us]

Participle

cantātus (feminine cantāta, neuter cantātum); first/second-declension participle

1. sung, having been sung.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Number	Singular				Plural
Case / Gender	Masculine	Feminine	Neuter		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter
Nominative	cantātus	cantāta	cantātum		cantātī	cantātae	cantāta
Genitive	cantātī	cantātae	cantātī		cantātōrum	cantātārum	cantātōrum
Dative	cantātō		cantātō		cantātīs
Accusative	cantātum	cantātam	cantātum		cantātōs	cantātās	cantāta
Ablative	cantātō	cantātā	cantātō		cantātīs
Vocative	cantāte	cantāta	cantātum		cantātī	cantātae	cantāta

Related terms

• cantor
• cantus

Descendants

• English: cant, chant
• Italian: cantata

References

• cantatus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)