recanto

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

rĕ-canto, no perf., ātum, 1, v. freq. n. and a. (poet.). *

I Neutr. , to sound back , re-echo : nusquam Graecula quod recantat Echo, Mart. 2, 86, 3.—

II Act.

1 To repeat in singing , sing again : saepius iste versiculus recantandus est, Ambros. Virg. 2, 6, 42.—

2 To recall , revoke , recant : recantatis opprobriis, Hor. C. 1, 16, 27. —

3 To charm back , charm away : nulla recantatas deponent pectora curas, Ov. R. Am. 259.

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