cantatio

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

cantātĭo, ōnis, f. [canto; lit. a singing, a playing; hence, abstr. pro concr.].

I Music , song , mentioned by Varr. L. L. 6, 7, § 75 Müll.: animum cantationibus permulcere, Ap. Met. 2, 25, 3; Vulg. Psa. 70, 6 (but in Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 19, the true reading is cantionem, Fleck.).—*

II A charm , spell , incantation , Firm. Math. 3, 6.