occano

Latin

Etymology

    From ob- + canō (“to sing, play, blow”). Doublet of occinō.

    Pronunciation

    Verb

    occanō (present infinitive occanere, perfect active occanuī or occecinī, supine occentum); third conjugation, no passive

    1. (intransitive, of a wind instrument) to sound
      • c. 117 CE, Tacitus, Annales 2.81:
        tum Sentius occanere cornua tubasque […] iussit
        Then Sentius ordered the cornets and trumpets to sound

    Usage notes

    Not to be confused with occinō.

    Conjugation

    References

    • “occano”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • “occano”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • “occano”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.