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Gallia est omnis dīvīsa in partēs trēs, quārum ūnam incolunt Belgae.

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Digitized by Distributed Proofreaders from William Smith and Theophilus D. Hall, A Copious and Critical English-Latin Dictionary (1871), and generously placed into the public domain.
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• song:
    1. I. Vocal:
      1. 1. cantus, ūs, m. (more freq. in prose than poetry): s.s of Sirens, c. Sirenum, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49: the whole neighbourhood resounded with the s. of voices accompanied by stringed instruments and flutes, cantu vocum, nervorum et tibiarum tota vicinitas personabat, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: s.s of mourning, lugubres cantus, Hor. Od. 1, 24, 2. (For instrumental music, see music [II.], strain, tune.) Also of birds: birds were lulling the air with s., volucres aethera mulcebant cantu, Virg. Aen. 7, 34: to utter s., c. dare, ib. 1, 398: Ov. F. 2, 765: cf. c. avium, Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94. Also a s. of incantation: s. even tries to draw down the moon from her car, cantus et e curru lunam deducere tentat, Tib. 1, 8, 21 (v. incantation).
      2. 2. carmen, ĭnis, n. (in this sense mostly poet. for cantus): illustrious for vocal s., carmine vocali clarus, Ov. M. 11, 317: a marriage s., c. nuptiale, Cat.: the swan on the eve of death sings her funeral s., carmina jam moriens canit exsequialia cycnus, Ov. M. 14, 430: cf. Virg. Aen. 4, 462: v. dirge.
      3. 3. cantĭcum (a s. in the Roman comedy, sung by one person, and accompanied by music and dancing: v. solo): the actor in a certain s., histrio in c. quodam, Suet. Ner. 39: v. Dict. Ant. 238, a: see also ballad, canticle. Also a drinking song: all the guests are uproarious with obscene s.s, omne convivium obscenis canticis strepit, Quint. 1, 2, 8.
      4. 4. cantio, ōnis, f. (rare in this sense): Pl. Stich. 5, 4, 25: Suet. Ner. 25. Esp. used as a s. of incantation: cf. Cic. Brut. 60, 217: v. incantation.
      5. 5. cantĭlēna (an old, trite song): hence Fig.: you are always singing the same old s. (= it is the old story), cant. eandem canis, Ter. Ph. 3, 2, 10: cf. Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8.
      6. 6. cantiuncŭla (a flattering, alluring s.): cantiunculae (sc. Sirenum), Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49 (a word apparently coined by Cic.).
      7. 7. cănor, ōris, m. (= melody): s. of the swan, c. cygni, Lucr. 4, 180: Ov. A. A. 3, 315.
    2. II. A written poetical composition:
      1. 1. carmen, ĭnis, n.: s. of Ilium, c. Iliacum, Hor. A. P. 129: tragic s., tragicum c., ib. 220, and pass.: Cic.: Quint.: v. poem, poetry, verse. Also a s. of incantation: cf. carmina vel coelo possunt deducere lunam: carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi, Virg. E. 8, 69. To write, compose a s., carmen condere, pangere, fingere, etc., Hor.: v. to compose.
      2. 2. pŏēmătium: Plin.: Aus.
      3. 3. mĕlos, i, n.: v. strain, tune.
    3. III. Miscell.: a drinking s., cantĭcum (v. supr. I., 3): a satirical, abusive s., famosum carmen (v. lampoon): a nurse's s. (for lulling children), lallus (v. lullaby): cf. also querela in a sim. sense (longa somnum suadere querela), Stat. Theb. 5, 616: the burden of a s. (i. e. a verse repeated in a s. at certain intervals), versus intercalaris, Serv. in Virg. E. 8, 21 (incipe Maenalios versus, and, ducite ab urbe domum): they had sung their s. out, hi jam decantaverant, Cic. Tusc. 3, 22, 53: to accompany the flute with a s., *conferre ad tibiam vocem (Georg.): v. to accompany: vanquished in s., cantando victus, Virg. E. 3, 21: I had a natural talent for s., sponte sua carmen versus veniebat ad aptos, Ov. (Quich.). Prov.: to buy for a mere s., parvo emere, Cic.: v. cheap, cheaply.