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mīlle dea est operum: certē dea carminis illa est; sī mereor, studiīs adsit amīca meīs
She is the goddess of a thousand crafts: Certainly she is the goddess of song; if I am deserving, may she be present, as a friend to my endeavors. (Ovid concludes 26 lines honoring the festival of Minerva with his own prayer to the goddess; see also Athena.)
poem, poetry(strictly any poem or poetry that can be sung), verse(esp. lyric or epic verse)
The difference between carmen and cantus when signifying "song" is that carmen is used more frequently in poetry, whereas cantus is used more frequently in prose.
“carmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“carmen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
carmen 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)
carmen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
epic poetry: carmen epicum
to recite a poem, line with appropriate action: carmen, versum agere
to read a piece of verse with expression: carmen recitare
to recite a piece of verse (without gestures): carmen pronuntiare
a rough poem; an extempore effusion: carmen inconditum
a choric ode in a tragedy: carmen chori, canticum
to read prayers for the congregation to repeat: praeire verba (carmen) (Liv. 31. 17)
(ambiguous) to write poetry with facility: carmina , versus fundere (De Or. 3. 50)
“carmen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
carmen in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016