cano

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cano"

Galician

Cano of a mill, Ameixenda, Galicia
Fonte dos tres canos ("Fountain of the three spouts"), O Porriño

Etymology 1

From cana (“cane”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkano̝/

Noun

cano m (plural canos)

  1. pipe, tube
    • 1295, R. Lorenzo, editor, La traducción gallega de la Crónica General y de la Crónica de Castilla, Ourense: I.E.O.P.F., page 17:
      Andado o primeyro ano do rreynado del rey dõ Ordono, fezo Abderamẽ lousar et est[r]ar de pedra todas [as] cales de Cordoua, et traier per canos de plomo agoa da serra aa villa
      During the first year of the reign of king Ordoño, Abderrahman ordered to pave in stone every street in Cordoba, and to bring by lead pipes water from the mountains to the city
  2. aqueduct, duct for taking water to a mill or to a fountain, either in the surface or under it
    • 1418, A. López Ferreiro, editor, Galicia Histórica. Colección diplomática, Santiago: Tipografía Galaica, page 197:
      como os canos porque ben a augua aa praza do campo da dita çidade esten gardados e reparados en tal maneira que a augoa que por eles ben e ha de bir a os tornos da dita praça do campo
      that the ducts that bring the water to the Praza [Square] do Campo of this city must be guarded and repaired, so that the water that run along them should come to the spouts of the aforementioned Praza do Campo
    • 1437, X. Ferro Couselo, editor, A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI, Vigo: Galaxia, page 121:
      por rasón que o cano da fonte Arcada estaua atuado e tapado ena orta do dito Pero Gomes
      because the aqueduct of the Arched Fountain was clogged and obstructed at Pedro Gomez's garden
    Synonyms: cal, canle, quenlla, levada
  3. (archaic) sewer
    • 1418, X. Ferro Couselo (ed.), A vida e a fala dos devanceiros. Escolma de documentos en galego dos séculos XIII ao XVI. 2 vols. Vigo: Galaxia, page 128:
      que abra o cano por que sal ágoa dos ditos baños fasta en baixo a su o arco da pedra et alinpe et aposte e repare o dito cano por vya que a ágoa dos ditos baños se saya libremente
      that he should open the sewer through which the water comes out of those baths, down under the stone arch, and he should clean and maintain and repair the aforementioned sewer so that the water of these baths comes out freely
  4. quill, calamus of a feather
    Synonym: cálamo
  5. corn stalk
    Synonym: cana
  6. spout
    Synonyms: bico, biqueira, picho, torno
  7. barrel (of a gun)
  8. handle of an oar

Etymology 2

Etymology tree
Latin canus
Old Spanish cano
Old Galician-Portuguese cano
Galician cano

    Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese cano, from Old Spanish cano, from Latin canus.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈkano̝/

    Adjective

    cano (feminine cana, masculine plural canos, feminine plural canas)

    1. hoary, white-haired

    References

    Italian

    Etymology

    Inherited from Latin cānus (“white, hoary”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos (“grey”), from the Proto-Indo-European root *ḱas-. Compare Portuguese cão.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈka.no/
    • Rhymes: -ano
    • Hyphenation: cà‧no

    Adjective

    cano (feminine cana, masculine plural cani, feminine plural cane)

    1. (archaic, literary) hoary-haired, white-haired
      Synonym: canuto
      • 1516, Ludovico Ariosto, Orlando Furioso [Raging Roland]‎[1], Venice: Printed by Gabriel Giolito, published 1551, Canto XXXIV, page 162:
        Nel primo chioſtro una femina cana ¶ fila a un'aſpo trahea da tutti quelli
        In the outer porch, a dame of hoary hair ¶ yarns to her reel from all those [fleeces] drew

    Anagrams

    Latin

    Etymology 1

      From Proto-Italic *kanō, from Proto-Indo-European *kh₂n-é-ti, from Proto-Indo-European *keh₂n- (“to sing”). Compare carmen (“song”) (< *kanmen).[1]

      Cognates include Old Irish canaid, Welsh canu, Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌽𐌰 (hana, “cock”), Ancient Greek καναχέω (kanakhéō, “ring, clash, clang”), Russian каню́к (kanjúk, “buzzard”), каню́чить (kanjúčitʹ), English hen.

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      canō (present infinitive canere, perfect active cecinī, supine cantum); third conjugation

      1. (transitive) to sing, recite, play
        • 29 BCE – 19 BCE, Vergilius, Aeneis 1.1:
          Arma virumque cano […]
          I sing of weapons and a man […]
      2. (transitive) to sound, play, blow (a trumpet), especially a military call
      3. (transitive) to foretell, predict, prophesy
        Synonyms: praesāgiō, praemoneō, portendō, moneō, praedīcō, vāticinor
      4. (transitive, Medieval Latin) to celebrate Mass
      5. (transitive or intransitive, Medieval Latin) to pretend (that)
      6. (intransitive) to sing, make music
      7. (intransitive) to chant
      8. (intransitive, of owls) to hoot
      9. (intransitive, of a musical instrument) to sound, resound, play
      10. (intransitive) to sound, play
      Conjugation
         Conjugation of canō (third conjugation)
      indicative singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present canō canis canit canimus canitis canunt
      imperfect canēbam canēbās canēbat canēbāmus canēbātis canēbant
      future canam canēs canet canēmus canētis canent
      perfect cecinī cecinistī cecinit cecinimus cecinistis cecinērunt,
      cecinēre
      pluperfect cecineram cecinerās cecinerat cecinerāmus cecinerātis cecinerant
      future perfect cecinerō cecineris cecinerit cecinerimus cecineritis cecinerint
      passive present canor caneris,
      canere       		canitur canimur caniminī canuntur
      imperfect canēbar canēbāris,
      canēbāre       		canēbātur canēbāmur canēbāminī canēbantur
      future canar canēris,
      canēre       		canētur canēmur canēminī canentur
      perfect cantus + present active indicative of sum
      pluperfect cantus + imperfect active indicative of sum
      future perfect cantus + future active indicative of sum
      subjunctive singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present canam canās canat canāmus canātis canant
      imperfect canerem canerēs caneret canerēmus canerētis canerent
      perfect cecinerim cecinerīs cecinerit cecinerīmus cecinerītis cecinerint
      pluperfect cecinissem cecinissēs cecinisset cecinissēmus cecinissētis cecinissent
      passive present canar canāris,
      canāre       		canātur canāmur canāminī canantur
      imperfect canerer canerēris,
      canerēre       		canerētur canerēmur canerēminī canerentur
      perfect cantus + present active subjunctive of sum
      pluperfect cantus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
      imperative singular plural
      first second third first second third
      active present — cane — — canite —
      future — canitō canitō — canitōte canuntō
      passive present — canere — — caniminī —
      future — canitor canitor — — canuntor
      non-finite forms infinitive participle
      active passive active passive
      present canere canī canēns —
      future cantūrum esse cantum īrī cantūrus canendus,
      canundus
      perfect cecinisse cantum esse — cantus
      future perfect — cantum fore — —
      perfect potential cantūrum fuisse — — —
      verbal nouns gerund supine
      genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
      canendī canendō canendum canendō cantum cantū
      Derived terms

      Etymology 2

        See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

        Pronunciation

        Adjective

        cānō

        1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of cānus (“white, hoary”)

        References

        1. ^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “canō, -ere”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 87-8

        Further reading

        • “cano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
        • “cano”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
        • "cano", 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)
        • “cano”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
        • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
          • the orchestra is playing: symphōnīa canit (Verr. 3. 44. 105)
          • the bugle, trumpet sounds before the general's tent: classicum or tuba canit ad praetorium
          • the trumpet sounds for the attack: classicum canit (B. C. 3. 82)
          • the retreat is sounded: signa receptui canunt
          • the retreat is sounded: receptui canitur (B. G. 7. 47)
          • (ambiguous) to sing the praises of some one (not canere aliquem: alicuius laudes (virtutes) canere
          • (ambiguous) to play on the lyre: fidibus canere
          • (ambiguous) to play the flute: tibiis or tibiā canere
          • (ambiguous) to sing to a flute accompaniment: ad tibiam or ad tibicinem canere
        • Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976), “cano”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill

        Old Galician-Portuguese

        Etymology

        Borrowed from Old Spanish cano. Doublet of cão, which was inherited.

        Pronunciation

        • IPA(key): /ˈka.no/
        • Rhymes: -ano

        Adjective

        cano (plural canos, feminine cana, feminine plural canas)

        1. synonym of cão (white-haired)

        Descendants

        • Galician: cano

        Portuguese

        Etymology

        Etymology tree
        Akkadian 𒂵𒉡𒌑𒌝 (qanûm)bor.
        Ancient Greek κᾰ́ννᾰ (kắnnă)bor.
        Latin canna
        Old Galician-Portuguese cana
        Portuguese cana
        Latin -um
        Old Galician-Portuguese -o
        Portuguese -o
        Portuguese cano

          From cana (“cane, reed”) + -o (masculine suffix).

          Pronunciation

          • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈkɐ̃.nu/
           

          • Rhymes: -ɐnu
          • Hyphenation: ca‧no

          Noun

          cano m (plural canos)

          1. tube, pipe
            • 2012, João Pedro George, Como sobreviver a um terramoto em Portugal, Leya, →ISBN:
              Os terramotos (e as suas réplicas) costumam dar origem a incêndios (devido ao rebentamento das canalizações de gás ou das instalações de eletricidade) e a inundações (devido à rutura dos canos da água). Havendo aparelhos que ...
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          2. channel
          3. (firearms) barrel (metallic tube of a gun)

          Further reading

          Romanian

          Pronunciation

          • IPA(key): [ˈkano]

          Noun

          cano f

          1. vocative singular of cană

          Spanish

          Etymology

          Etymology tree
          Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-
          Proto-Italic *kaznos
          Latin cānus
          Spanish cano

            Inherited from Latin cānus (“white, hoary”), from Proto-Italic *kaznos, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱas-.

            Pronunciation

            • IPA(key): /ˈkano/ [ˈka.no]
            • Rhymes: -ano
            • Syllabification: ca‧no

            Adjective

            cano (feminine cana, masculine plural canos, feminine plural canas)

            1. hoary, white-haired, grey-haired
            2. ancient, old (of a person)
            3. (rare) white, snow-white, milky white

            Derived terms

            Further reading

            Welsh

            Pronunciation

            Verb

            cano

            1. third-person singular present subjunctive of canu

            Mutation

            Mutated forms of cano
            radical soft nasal aspirate
            cano gano nghano chano

            Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
            All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

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