The corpus record — Latin

incanto

incanto · v. a

To sing

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Where it lives

Didius Julianus 2 · 12.58/10k
Apologia 6 · 2.79/10k
Satyrarum libri 1 · 0.7/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

in-canto — Lewis & Short

in-canto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a. and n. *

I To sing in, with dat.: passer incantans saepiculae (i. e. in saepicula), App. M. 8, p. 210, 26. —

II In partic.

A To say over, mutter, or chant a magic formula against some one: QVI MALVM CARMEN INCANTASSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17.—

B Transf.

1 To consecrate with charms or spells: incantata vincula, lovelcnots, Hor. S. 1, 8, 49.—

2 To bewitch, enchant: quaesisti, quod mihi emolumentum fuerit incantandi (sc. illam)? App. Mag. p. 305: incantata mulier, id. ib.: pileum vetitis artibus, Amm. 14, 7, 7.

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