cantamen

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

cantāmen, ĭnis, n. [canto, III.; cf. cano, II.; cantus, II. B., and carmen; lit. a charming with words; hence, abstr. pro concr.],

a spell , charm , magic sentence , incantation (very rare), Prop. 4 (5), 4, 51; Ap. Met. 2, 1, 5; id. Mag. 40, p. 299: magicum, Prud. adv. Sym. 2, 176.

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