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canticum1

canticum1 · n

a song in the Roman comedy

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Where it lives

Verus 1 · 4.86/10k
Vitellius 1 · 4.15/10k
Florida 3 · 3.81/10k
Epistularum 2 · 2.2/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 2 · 1.82/10k
Adversus Judaeos Liber 2 · 1.78/10k
Epistulae. Selections. 7 · 1.6/10k
C. Caligula 1 · 1.31/10k
Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Satyricon 3 · 0.99/10k
Carmina 2 · 0.89/10k
Historiam ecclesiasticam gentis Anglorum 6 · 0.85/10k

Densest 12 of 23 attested works shown, by occurrences per 10,000 attested tokens.

What it meant

cantĭcum — Lewis & Short

cantĭcum, i, n.cantus.

I Lit., a song in the Roman comedy, sung by one person, and accompanied by music and dancing; a monody, solo: nosti canticum (in Demiurgo Turpilii), meministi Roscium, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1: agere, Liv. 7, 2, 9: desaltare, Suet. Calig. 54: histrio in cantico quodam, id. Ner. 39: Neroniana, id. Vit. 11: Atellanis notissimum canticum exorsis, id. Galb. 13.—

II A song, in gen.: chorus canticum Insonuit, Phaedr. 5, 7, 25: canticum repetere, id. 5, 7, 31: omne convivium obscenis canticis strepit, Quint. 1, 2, 8; 1, 10, 23; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 1, 12, 14; 9, 2, 35; 11, 3, 13.—

2 Esp. Canticum Canticorum, the Song of Songs, the Canticles, Vulg.—Hence,

B A singing tone in the delivery of an orator, Cic. Or. 18, 57; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 13; cf. Quint. 1, 8, 2; 11, 3, 13.—

III A lampoon, a libellous song, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 15; cf. App. Mag. 75, p. 322, 8.—

B A magic formula, incantation, App. Mag. p. 301, 12.

In the wild

canticum Tertullian, De Carnis Resurrectione 56
canticum Jerome, Epistulae. Selections. 22.41
cantica Ausonius, Epistularum 8.13
cantico Petronius, Satyricon 31
cantico Suetonius, Nero 39.3
canticum Apuleius, Florida 17

6 of 44 attestations shown.

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