canto

[ kan-toh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, plural can·tos.

canto

/ ˈkæntəʊ /

Origin of canto¹

1580–90; < Italian < Latin cant ( us ) singing, song, equivalent to can ( ere ) to sing + -tus suffix of v. action; cant ¹, chant

Origin of canto¹

C16: from Italian: song, from Latin cantus, from canere to sing

The little town of Canto Gallo is situated in a narrow valley, and contains about eighty houses.

I had found lodgings in a venda for the last time, the preceding evening, at Canto Gallo.

In fact, eleven stanzas (183-259) correspond to Boccaccio's Teseide, Canto vii.

This second canto is a delight from beginning to end; Mistral is here in his element; he is at his very best.

This canto never would have converted Boileau from his disapproval of the "merveilleux chrétien."

April 19, 2024tortuous

[tawr-choo-uhs ]

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