cantamen

Latin

Etymology

From cantō (sing) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

Noun

cantāmen n (genitive cantāminis); third declension

  1. a spell, charm, incantation

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).

singular plural
nominative cantāmen cantāmina
genitive cantāminis cantāminum
dative cantāminī cantāminibus
accusative cantāmen cantāmina
ablative cantāmine cantāminibus
vocative cantāmen cantāmina

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 (16 July 2016 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016