incantation Copy link Outline 1. carmen, ĭnis, n.2. cantāmen, ĭnis, n. (rare)3. cantio (rare)4. incantāmentum (rare)5. verba, orum (spells) • incantation: 1. carmen, ĭnis, n.: to utter a hurtful i., malum c. incantare, xii. Tab. in Plin. 28, 2, 4 § 17: by i.s and poison, c. et veneficiis, Tac. Ann. 4, 22: Virg.: Hor. 2. cantāmen, ĭnis, n. (rare): dreadful i.s, dira c., Apul.: Prop. 3. cantio (rare): by poisoning and i s, veneficiis et c., Cic. Br. 60, 217: Cato. 4. incantāmentum (rare): spells and i.s, verba et incantamenta carminum, Plin. 28, 2, 3. 5. verba, orum (spells): cf. supr. (4): Hor. Ep. 1, 1, 34. To utter i.s, incantare, Apul. Apol. (cf. supr. 1); cantare, Virg. E. 8, 71.
INCANTATION Copy link • INCANTATIONcarmen: canticum (the prescribed form): cantio (the uttered form, or utterance of the form): fascinatio: effascinatio (both of fascinating by the look and by words). To repeat an incantation, incantare carmen (Cic.).