cantamen
Latin
Etymology
From cantō (“sing”) + -men.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /kanˈtaː.men/, [kän̪ˈt̪äːmɛn]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kanˈta.men/, [kän̪ˈt̪äːmen]
Noun
cantāmen n (genitive cantāminis); third declension
- a spell, charm, incantation
Declension
Third-declension noun (neuter, imparisyllabic non-i-stem).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | cantāmen | cantāmina |
| Genitive | cantāminis | cantāminum |
| Dative | cantāminī | cantāminibus |
| Accusative | cantāmen | cantāmina |
| Ablative | cantāmine | cantāminibus |
| Vocative | cantāmen | cantāmina |
Related terms
- canō
- canor
- canōrus
- canticum
- cantiō
- cantō
- cantor
- cantrīx
- cantus
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 (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016