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Latin
Etymology
From cantō (“sing”) + -men.
Pronunciation
Noun
cantāmen n (genitive cantāminis); third declension
- a spell, charm, incantation
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
Related terms
References
- “cantamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cantamen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- cantamen in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- cantamen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- cantamen in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016