From ob- + canō (“to sing, play, blow”). Doublet of occinō.
occanō (present infinitive occanere, perfect active occanuī or occecinī, supine occentum); third conjugation, no passive
- (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
Not to be confused with occinō.
| Conjugation of occanō (third conjugation)
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| indicative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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occanō
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occanis
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occanit
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occanimus
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occanitis
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occanunt
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| imperfect
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occanēbam
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occanēbās
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occanēbat
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occanēbāmus
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occanēbātis
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occanēbant
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| future
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occanam
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occanēs
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occanet
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occanēmus
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occanētis
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occanent
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| perfect
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occanuī,
occecinī
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occanuistī,
occecinistī
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occanuit,
occecinit
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occanuimus,
occecinimus
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occanuistis,
occecinistis
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occanuērunt,
occanuēre,
occecinērunt,
occecinēre
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| pluperfect
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occanueram,
occecineram
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occanuerās,
occecinerās
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occanuerat,
occecinerat
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occanuerāmus,
occecinerāmus
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occanuerātis,
occecinerātis
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occanuerant,
occecinerant
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| future perfect
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occanuerō,
occecinerō
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occanueris,
occecineris
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occanuerit,
occecinerit
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occanuerimus,
occecinerimus
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occanueritis,
occecineritis
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occanuerint,
occecinerint
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| passive
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present
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occanor
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occaneris,
occanere
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occanitur
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occanimur
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occaniminī
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occanuntur
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| imperfect
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occanēbar
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occanēbāris,
occanēbāre
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occanēbātur
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occanēbāmur
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occanēbāminī
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occanēbantur
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| future
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occanar
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occanēris,
occanēre
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occanētur
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occanēmur
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occanēminī
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occanentur
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| perfect
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occentus + present active indicative of sum
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| pluperfect
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occentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
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| future perfect
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occentus + future active indicative of sum
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| subjunctive
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
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third
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| active
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present
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occanam
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occanās
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occanat
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occanāmus
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occanātis
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occanant
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| imperfect
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occanerem
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occanerēs
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occaneret
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occanerēmus
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occanerētis
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occanerent
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| perfect
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occanuerim,
occecinerim
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occanuerīs,
occecinerīs
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occanuerit,
occecinerit
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occanuerīmus,
occecinerīmus
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occanuerītis,
occecinerītis
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occanuerint,
occecinerint
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| pluperfect
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occanuissem,
occecinissem
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occanuissēs,
occecinissēs
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occanuisset,
occecinisset
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occanuissēmus,
occecinissēmus
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occanuissētis,
occecinissētis
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occanuissent,
occecinissent
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| passive
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present
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occanar
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occanāris,
occanāre
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occanātur
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occanāmur
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occanāminī
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occanantur
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| imperfect
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occanerer
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occanerēris,
occanerēre
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occanerētur
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occanerēmur
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occanerēminī
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occanerentur
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| perfect
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occentus + present active subjunctive of sum
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| pluperfect
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occentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
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| imperative
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singular
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plural
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| first
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second
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third
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first
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second
|
third
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| active
|
present
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—
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occane
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—
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—
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occanite
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—
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| future
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—
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occanitō
|
occanitō
|
—
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occanitōte
|
occanuntō
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| passive
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present
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—
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occanere
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—
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—
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occaniminī
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—
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| future
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—
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occanitor
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occanitor
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—
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—
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occanuntor
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| non-finite forms
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active
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passive
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| present
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perfect
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future
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present
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perfect
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future
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| infinitives
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occanere
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occanuisse,
occecinisse
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occentūrum esse
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occanī
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occentum esse
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occentum īrī
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| participles
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occanēns
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—
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occentūrus
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—
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occentus
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occanendus,
occanundus
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| verbal nouns
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gerund
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supine
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| genitive
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dative
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accusative
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ablative
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accusative
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ablative
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| occanendī
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occanendō
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occanendum
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occanendō
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occentum
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occentū
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- “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.