psalmus

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

psalmus, i, m., = ψαλμός, i. q. psalma,

a psalm (eccl. Lat.; cf.: carmen, hymnus), Tert. adv. Prax. 11; Lact. 4, 8, 14; 4, 12, 7; Vulg. Isa. 38, 20.—Esp., the Psalms of David , Vulg. Luc. 20, 42; id. Act. 13, 33 et saep.