cantamen

Latin

Etymology

From cantō (“sing”) +‎ -men.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kanˈtaː.men/, [kän̪ˈt̪äːmɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kanˈta.men/, [kän̪ˈt̪äːmen]

Noun

cantāmen n (genitive cantāminis); third declension

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