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canticum
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Lewis Short
cantĭcum (noun N) : cantus.
* Lit., a song in the Roman comedy, sung by one person, and accompanied by music and dancing; a monody, solo: nosti canticum (in Demiurgo Turpilii), meministi Roscium,Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1: agere,Liv. 7, 2, 9: desaltare,Suet. Calig. 54: histrio in cantico quodam,id. Ner. 39: Neroniana,id. Vit. 11: Atellanis notissimum canticum exorsis,id. Galb. 13.
* A song, in gen.: chorus canticum Insonuit,Phaedr. 5, 7, 25: canticum repetere,id. 5, 7, 31: omne convivium obscenis canticis strepit,Quint. 1, 2, 8; 1, 10, 23; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 1, 12, 14; 9, 2, 35; 11, 3, 13.
* Esp. Canticum Canticorum, the Song of Songs, the Canticles, Vulg.—Hence
* A lampoon, a libellous song, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 15; cf. App. Mag. 75, p. 322, 8.
* A magic formula, incantation, App. Mag. p. 301, 12.
* Lit., a song in the Roman comedy, sung by one person, and accompanied by music and dancing; a monody, solo: nosti canticum (in Demiurgo Turpilii), meministi Roscium,Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1: agere,Liv. 7, 2, 9: desaltare,Suet. Calig. 54: histrio in cantico quodam,id. Ner. 39: Neroniana,id. Vit. 11: Atellanis notissimum canticum exorsis,id. Galb. 13.
* A song, in gen.: chorus canticum Insonuit,Phaedr. 5, 7, 25: canticum repetere,id. 5, 7, 31: omne convivium obscenis canticis strepit,Quint. 1, 2, 8; 1, 10, 23; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 1, 12, 14; 9, 2, 35; 11, 3, 13.
* Esp. Canticum Canticorum, the Song of Songs, the Canticles, Vulg.—Hence
* A lampoon, a libellous song, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 15; cf. App. Mag. 75, p. 322, 8.
* A magic formula, incantation, App. Mag. p. 301, 12.
Charlton T. Lewis, Charles Short, A Latin Dictionary
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