Latin

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Etymology

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From ex- +‎ cantō (I sing; enchant, frequentative of canō).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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excantō (present infinitive excantāre, perfect active excantāvī, supine excantātum); first conjugation

  1. to enchant or charm

Conjugation

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   Conjugation of excantō (first conjugation)
indicative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excantō excantās excantat excantāmus excantātis excantant
imperfect excantābam excantābās excantābat excantābāmus excantābātis excantābant
future excantābō excantābis excantābit excantābimus excantābitis excantābunt
perfect excantāvī excantāvistī excantāvit excantāvimus excantāvistis excantāvērunt,
excantāvēre
pluperfect excantāveram excantāverās excantāverat excantāverāmus excantāverātis excantāverant
future perfect excantāverō excantāveris excantāverit excantāverimus excantāveritis excantāverint
sigmatic future1 excantāssō excantāssis excantāssit excantāssimus excantāssitis excantāssint
passive present excantor excantāris,
excantāre
excantātur excantāmur excantāminī excantantur
imperfect excantābar excantābāris,
excantābāre
excantābātur excantābāmur excantābāminī excantābantur
future excantābor excantāberis,
excantābere
excantābitur excantābimur excantābiminī excantābuntur
perfect excantātus + present active indicative of sum
pluperfect excantātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
future perfect excantātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excantem excantēs excantet excantēmus excantētis excantent
imperfect excantārem excantārēs excantāret excantārēmus excantārētis excantārent
perfect excantāverim excantāverīs excantāverit excantāverīmus excantāverītis excantāverint
pluperfect excantāvissem excantāvissēs excantāvisset excantāvissēmus excantāvissētis excantāvissent
sigmatic aorist1 excantāssim excantāssīs excantāssīt excantāssīmus excantāssītis excantāssint
passive present excanter excantēris,
excantēre
excantētur excantēmur excantēminī excantentur
imperfect excantārer excantārēris,
excantārēre
excantārētur excantārēmur excantārēminī excantārentur
perfect excantātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect excantātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative singular plural
first second third first second third
active present excantā excantāte
future excantātō excantātō excantātōte excantantō
passive present excantāre excantāminī
future excantātor excantātor excantantor
non-finite forms active passive
present perfect future present perfect future
infinitives excantāre excantāvisse excantātūrum esse excantārī excantātum esse excantātum īrī
participles excantāns excantātūrus excantātus excantandus
verbal nouns gerund supine
genitive dative accusative ablative accusative ablative
excantandī excantandō excantandum excantandō excantātum excantātū

1At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

References

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