Learned borrowing fromLatincantus(literally“song, chant”).

cantus

1. (music)Synonym ofsuperius.

• cantus firmus

Perfect passive participle ofcanō.

• (Classical Latin)IPA^(key): [ˈkan.tʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)IPA^(key): [ˈkan.tus]

cantus (femininecanta,neutercantum);first/second-declension participle

1. sung,recited
2. sounded,blew
3. chanted

First/second-declension adjective.

Fromcanō +‎-tus(forming action nouns).

cantus m (genitivecantūs);fourth declension

1. song,singing
   • c. 37BCE – 30BCE,Virgil,Georgics3.327–330:

     Inde, ubi quarta sitim caeli collegerit hora,
     Etcantu quaerulae rumpent arbusta cicadae,
     Ad puteos aut alta greges ad stagna jubebo
     currentem ilignis potare canalibus undam;
     […]

     • Translation byJames B. Greenough, 1900

       When heaven's fourth hour draws on the thickening drought,
       And shrill cicalas pierce the brake withsong,
       Then at the well-springs bid them, or deep pools,
       From troughs of holm-oak quaff the running wave:
       […]

2. chant,incantation
3. crowing,crow(sound certain birds make)

Fourth-declension noun.

cantus m (genitivecantī);second declension

1. alternative spelling ofcanthus(“wheel, carriage tire”)^[1]

Second-declension noun.

• “cantus”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “cantus”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "cantus", in Charles du Fresne du Cange,Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London:Macmillan and Co.
  • instrumental music:nervorum et tibiarum cantus
    
  • vocal and instrumental music:vocum et fidium (nervorum) cantus
    

cantus m pl

1. plural ofcantu

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