LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

canor

canor m (genitive canōris)

Meaning

  1. masculinesong, tune, melody
    Parvus ut est cycni melior canor, ille gruum quam clamor.Just as a small song of a swan is better than the racket of the cranes.c. 99 BCE – 55 BCE, Lucretius, De rerum natura 4.180

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativecanorcanōrēs
genitivecanōriscanōrum
dativecanōrīcanōribus
accusativecanōremcanōrēs
ablativecanōrecanōribus
vocativecanorcanōrēs

cănor, ōris, m. cano,
I. tune, sound, song, melody (poet. or in post-Aug. prose; rare).
I. Lit.
A. Of living beings, Quint. 1, 10, 22: cygni, Lucr. 4, 182; 4, 911: res est blanda canor; discant cantare puellae, Ov. A. A. 3, 315: mulcendas natus ad aures, id. M. 5, 561.—
B. Of instruments, the tone: Martius aeris rauci canor, martial clang, Verg. G. 4, 71: lyrae, Ov. H. 16, 180.—
II. Trop.: bella truci memorata canore, in heroic poetry, Petr. 5, 19.

Origins

  1. Proto-Indo-European*keh₂n-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂néti
  3. Proto-Italic*kanō
  4. Latincanor

Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *-s Proto-Indo-European *-ōs Proto-Italic *-ōs Latin -or Latin canor From canō + -or.

Quick answers

What does canor mean in Latin?
canor, a noun, means “song, tune, melody”.
What is the genitive of canor?
The genitive singular is canōris. canor is masculine, third declension.
Where does canor come from?
Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- → Proto-Indo-European *kh₂néti → Proto-Italic *kanō → Latin canor.