cantito

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

cantĭto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. freq. act. [canto; cf. Varr. L. L. 6, 7, § 75 Müll.; 8, 33, § 119],

to sing or play often or repeatedly (rare): ut habeas quīcum cantites, Ter. Ad. 750: carmina in epulis esse cantitata a singulis convivis de clarorum virorum laudibus, Cic. Brut. 19, 75 (cf. cano, II. B.); Suet. Ner. 39: dulce cantitant aves, Ap. Met. 6, 6, 12.

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