cantĭo — Lewis and Short Latin Dictionary

cantĭo, ōnis, f. cano, lit. a singing, playing; hence meton. abstr. pro concr.. A song (rare; mostly ante-class.), Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 25; 5, 5, 19; 5, 6, 8; Suet. Ner. 25; of birds, App. Flor. 2, p. 349, 11; Fronto ad Ver. 1 (cf. cantatio).— An incantation, charm, spell, Cato, R. R. 160: subito totam causam oblitus est, idque veneficiis et cantionibus Titiniae factum dicebat, Cic. Brut. 60, 217; App. M. 1, 10, p. 106, 27.

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Headword:

cantĭo

Headword (normalized):

cantĭo

Headword (normalized/stripped):

cantio

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IDX:

6577

URN:

urn:cite2:scaife-viewer:dictionary-entries.atlas_v1:lat.ls.perseus-eng2-n6567

Key:

cantio

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