What does cantillō mean in Latin?

cantillō, a verb, means “to hum, to chirp; to sing”.

What are the principal parts of cantillō?

cantillō, cantillāre, cantillāvī, cantillātum (first conjugation).

verbfirst conjugation

cantillō (present infinitive cantillāre, perfect active cantillāvī, supine cantillātum)

to hum, to chirp
to sing
4. Quod precantus & cantillant sine intellectu, linguâ peregrina, quam nec cantores nec auditores intelligunt. 5. Quod cantillant sine devotione. Sunt preces merè mercenariæ solorum clericorum, sicut nostri vigiles precio conducuntur ad proclamandam horam noctis.1650, Casparus Streso, Commentarius Practicus In Actorum Apostolicorum Per Lucam ...:
'ester ac potatur incondite, […] poculis agminatim ingestis, clamore ludunt, strepitu cantillant': haec in hos conveniunt.'They eat and drink in disorder, … they play with shouts, they sing with noise': these things apply to them.1860, Ulrich von Hutten, Ulrichi Hutteni equitis Germani opera quae reperiri ...:

active indicative
form	present	imperfect	future	perfect	pluperfect	fut. perfect
1st sg.	cantillō	cantillābam	cantillābō	cantillāvī	cantillāveram	cantillāverō
2nd sg.	cantillās	cantillābās	cantillābis	cantillāvistī	cantillāverās	cantillāveris
3rd sg.	cantillat	cantillābat	cantillābit	cantillāvit	cantillāverat	cantillāverit
1st pl.	cantillāmus	cantillābāmus	cantillābimus	cantillāvimus	cantillāverāmus	cantillāverimus
2nd pl.	cantillātis	cantillābātis	cantillābitis	cantillāvistis	cantillāverātis	cantillāveritis
3rd pl.	cantillant	cantillābant	cantillābunt	cantillāvērunt cantillāvēre	cantillāverant	cantillāverint

active subjunctive

active subjunctive
form	present	imperfect	perfect	pluperfect
1st sg.	cantillem	cantillārem	cantillāverim	cantillāvissem
2nd sg.	cantillēs	cantillārēs	cantillāverīs	cantillāvissēs
3rd sg.	cantillet	cantillāret	cantillāverit	cantillāvisset
1st pl.	cantillēmus	cantillārēmus	cantillāverīmus	cantillāvissēmus
2nd pl.	cantillētis	cantillārētis	cantillāverītis	cantillāvissētis
3rd pl.	cantillent	cantillārent	cantillāverint	cantillāvissent

passive indicative

passive indicative
form	present	imperfect	future
1st sg.	cantillor	cantillābar	cantillābor
2nd sg.	cantillāris cantillāre	cantillābāris cantillābāre	cantillāberis cantillābere
3rd sg.	cantillātur	cantillābātur	cantillābitur
1st pl.	cantillāmur	cantillābāmur	cantillābimur
2nd pl.	cantillāminī	cantillābāminī	cantillābiminī
3rd pl.	cantillantur	cantillābantur	cantillābuntur

passive subjunctive

passive subjunctive
form	present	imperfect
1st sg.	cantiller	cantillārer
2nd sg.	cantillēris cantillēre	cantillārēris cantillārēre
3rd sg.	cantillētur	cantillārētur
1st pl.	cantillēmur	cantillārēmur
2nd pl.	cantillēminī	cantillārēminī
3rd pl.	cantillentur	cantillārentur

imperative

infinitives & participles

infinitives & participles
form	active	passive
present infinitive	cantillāre	cantillārī
perfect infinitive	cantillāvisse	cantillātum esse
future infinitive	cantillātūrum esse	cantillātum īrī
present participle	cantillāns	—
perfect participle	—	cantillātus cantillāta, cantillātā, cantillātae, cantillātam, cantillātārum, cantillātās, cantillātī, cantillātōrum, cantillātōs
future participle	cantillātūrus cantillātūra, cantillātūrā, cantillātūrae, cantillātūram, cantillātūrārum, cantillātūrās, cantillātūre, cantillātūrī, cantillātūrīs, cantillātūrō, cantillātūrōrum, cantillātūrōs, cantillātūrum	cantillandus cantillanda, cantillandā, cantillandae, cantillandam, cantillandārum, cantillandās, cantillande, cantillandīs, cantillandōrum, cantillandōs

gerundcantillandī, cantillandō, cantillandumsupinecantillātum, cantillātū

cantillo, āvi, ātum, 1,

I. v. dim. a. [canto], to sing low, to hum (post-class.; perh. only in App.), App. M. 4, p. 146; id. Flor. 1, p. 342, 8; 3, p. 388, 13 al.

From cantō (“to sing, make music”) + -illō (diminutive verb suffix), or back-formed from cantilēna.

Descendants