spondalium

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

spondālĭum or spondaulĭum (the form is uncertain), ii, n.,

a sacrificial hymn , accompanied by the flute : spondalium canere, Diom. p. 472 fin. P.: spondalia dicens, etc., Cic. de Or. 2, 46, 193 Orell. N. cr.