Meaning of cantus | Babel Free

Definitions

1. song, singing
   declension-4, masculine
2. alternative spelling of canthus (“wheel, carriage tire”)
   alt-of, alternative, declension-2, masculine
3. chant, incantation
   declension-4, masculine
4. crowing, crow (sound certain birds make)
   declension-4, masculine

Equivalents

Examples

“Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora, Et cantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae, Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam; […] Translation by James B. Greenough, 1900 When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought, And shrill cicalas pierce the brake with song, Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools, From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave: […]”

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