"cantor" meaning in Latin

See cantor in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: [ˈkan.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkan̪.t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From canō (“to sing”) + tor. Etymology templates: {{af|la|canō|tor|t1=to sing}} canō (“to sing”) + tor Head templates: {{la-noun|cantor<3>|f=cantrīx}} cantor m (genitive cantōris, feminine cantrīx); third declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cantor<3>}} Forms: cantōris [genitive], cantrīx [feminine], no-table-tags [table-tags], cantor [nominative, singular], cantōrēs [nominative, plural], cantōris [genitive, singular], cantōrum [genitive, plural], cantōrī [dative, singular], cantōribus [dative, plural], cantōrem [accusative, singular], cantōrēs [accusative, plural], cantōre [ablative, singular], cantōribus [ablative, plural], cantor [singular, vocative], cantōrēs [plural, vocative]
  1. singer (male) Tags: declension-3, masculine Synonyms: cantātor
    Sense id: en-cantor-la-noun-2MxKKarq Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension, Musicians Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 50 50 Disambiguation of Musicians: 57 5 39
  2. player (male) Tags: declension-3, masculine
    Sense id: en-cantor-la-noun-S4DyDjpL Categories (other): Latin masculine nouns in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin masculine nouns in the third declension: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: canō, canor, canōrus, cantāmen, canticum, cantiō, cantō, cantus Coordinate_terms: cantrīx
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [ˈkan.tɔr] [Classical-Latin], [ˈkan̪.t̪or] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nl}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|la|verb form}} cantor
  1. first-person singular present passive indicative of cantō Tags: first-person, form-of, indicative, passive, present, singular Form of: cantō
    Sense id: en-cantor-la-verb-4lAE3J~W Categories (other): Pages with 9 entries, Pages with entries, Latin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 9 entries: 6 32 3 3 29 12 16 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 31 2 2 32 7 22 Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 9 5 86
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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