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|lshtext=<b>cantātĭo</b>: ōnis, f. [[canto]]; lit. a [[singing]], a playing; [[hence]], abstr. pro concr..<br /><b>I</b> Music, [[song]], mentioned by Varr. L. L. 6, 7, § 75 Müll.: animum cantationibus permulcere, App. M. 2, p. 125; Vulg. Psa. 70, 6 ([[but]] in Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 19, the true [[reading]] is cantionem, Fleck.).—*<br /><b>II</b> A [[charm]], [[spell]], [[incantation]], Firm. Math. 3, 6.
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