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rĕ-căno
rĕ-căno, ĕre, v. a. (Plinian). To sing back, i. e. call back by singing: ut illa (perdix) recanat revocetque (marem), Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102: Phoebus ... recanente lyrā fautor, Verg. Cul. 13.—* To charm back again, to undo a charm: pauci etiam credunt serpentes ipsas recanere, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19 (perh. also id. 29, 4, 21, § 69, where Jan. reads praecanere. The form recĭno has another signif., v. recino).

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rĕ-căno
Headword (normalized):
rĕ-căno
Headword (normalized/stripped):
re-cano
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rĕ-căno, ĕre, v. a. (Plinian). To sing back, i. e. call back by singing: ut illa (perdix) recanat revocetque (marem), Plin. 10, 33, 51, § 102: Phoebus ... recanente lyrā fautor, Verg. Cul. 13.—* To charm back again, to undo a charm: pauci etiam credunt serpentes ipsas recanere, Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 19 (perh. also id. 29, 4, 21, § 69, where Jan. reads praecanere. The form recĭno has another signif., v. recino).
IDX:
40559
URN:
urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n40524
Key:
recano

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