cantĭcum Copy link Outline I. Lit., a song in the Roman comedy, sung by one person ...II. A song, in gen.2. Esp. Canticum Canticorum, the Song of Songs ...B. A singing tone in the delivery of an orator, ...III. A lampoon, a libellous song, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 15 ...B. A magic formula, incantation, App. Mag. p. 301, 12 ... • cantĭcum, i, n. [cantus]. I. Lit., a song in the Roman comedy, sung by one person, and accompanied by music and dancing; a monody, solo: nosti canticum (in Demiurgo Turpilii), meministi Roscium, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 1: agere, Liv. 7, 2, 9: desaltare, Suet. Calig. 54: histrio in cantico quodam, id. Ner. 39: Neroniana, id. Vit. 11: Atellanis notissimum canticum exorsis, id. Galb. 13.— II. A song, in gen.: chorus canticum Insonuit, Phaedr. 5, 7, 25: canticum repetere, id. 5, 7, 31: omne convivium obscenis canticis strepit, Quint. 1, 2, 8; 1, 10, 23; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 1, 12, 14; 9, 2, 35; 11, 3, 13.— 2. Esp. Canticum Canticorum, the Song of Songs, the Canticles, Vulg.—Hence, B. A singing tone in the delivery of an orator, Cic. Or. 18, 57; Plin. Ep. 2, 14, 13; cf. Quint. 1, 8, 2; 11, 3, 13.— III. A lampoon, a libellous song, Paul. Sent. 5, 4, 15; cf. App. Mag. 75, p. 322, 8.— B. A magic formula, incantation, App. Mag. p. 301, 12.