occano

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈok.ka.noː/, [ˈɔkːänoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈok.ka.no/, [ˈɔkːäno]

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

Conjugation of occanō (third conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	occanō	occanis	occanit	occanimus	occanitis	occanunt
	imperfect	occanēbam	occanēbās	occanēbat	occanēbāmus	occanēbātis	occanēbant
	future	occanam	occanēs	occanet	occanēmus	occanētis	occanent
	perfect	occanuī, occecinī	occanuistī, occecinistī	occanuit, occecinit	occanuimus, occecinimus	occanuistis, occecinistis	occanuērunt, occanuēre, occecinērunt, occecinēre
	pluperfect	occanueram, occecineram	occanuerās, occecinerās	occanuerat, occecinerat	occanuerāmus, occecinerāmus	occanuerātis, occecinerātis	occanuerant, occecinerant
	future perfect	occanuerō, occecinerō	occanueris, occecineris	occanuerit, occecinerit	occanuerimus, occecinerimus	occanueritis, occecineritis	occanuerint, occecinerint
passive	present	occanor	occaneris, occanere	occanitur	occanimur	occaniminī	occanuntur
	imperfect	occanēbar	occanēbāris, occanēbāre	occanēbātur	occanēbāmur	occanēbāminī	occanēbantur
	future	occanar	occanēris, occanēre	occanētur	occanēmur	occanēminī	occanentur
	perfect	occentus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	occentus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	occentus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	occanam	occanās	occanat	occanāmus	occanātis	occanant
	imperfect	occanerem	occanerēs	occaneret	occanerēmus	occanerētis	occanerent
	perfect	occanuerim, occecinerim	occanuerīs, occecinerīs	occanuerit, occecinerit	occanuerīmus, occecinerīmus	occanuerītis, occecinerītis	occanuerint, occecinerint
	pluperfect	occanuissem, occecinissem	occanuissēs, occecinissēs	occanuisset, occecinisset	occanuissēmus, occecinissēmus	occanuissētis, occecinissētis	occanuissent, occecinissent
passive	present	occanar	occanāris, occanāre	occanātur	occanāmur	occanāminī	occanantur
	imperfect	occanerer	occanerēris, occanerēre	occanerētur	occanerēmur	occanerēminī	occanerentur
	perfect	occentus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	occentus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	occane	—	—	occanite	—
	future	—	occanitō	occanitō	—	occanitōte	occanuntō
passive	present	—	occanere	—	—	occaniminī	—
	future	—	occanitor	occanitor	—	—	occanuntor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		occanere	occanuisse, occecinisse	occentūrum esse	occanī	occentum esse	occentum īrī
participles		occanēns	—	occentūrus	—	occentus	occanendus, occanundus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		occanendī	occanendō	occanendum	occanendō	occentum	occentū

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.