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|lshtext=<b>cantus</b>: ūs, m. id.,<br /><b>I</b> the [[production]] of [[melodious]] [[sound]], a [[musical]] [[utterance]] or [[expression]], [[either]] [[with]] [[voice]] or [[instrument]]; [[hence]], [[song]], [[singing]], playing, [[music]] ([[while]] [[carmen]] is [[prop]]. the contents or [[substance]] of the [[song]], etc.; cf.: qui [[enim]] [[cantus]] moderatā oratione dulcior invenire potest? Quod [[carmen]] artificiosā conclusione aptius? Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34).<br /><b>I</b> In gen.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Of persons.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>1</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With the [[voice]], a [[singing]], [[song]]; in [[full]], [[cantus]] vocum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: [[fit]] [[etiam]] [[saepe]] vocum [[gravitate]] et cantibus ut pellantur animi, etc., id. Div. 1, 36, 80: [[cantus]] vocis juvat sociatā nervorum concordiā, Quint. 5, 10, 124: oris, id. 11, 3, 23: Sirenum, Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 5, 8, 1; cf. Juv. 9, 150: comissationes, [[cantus]], symphoniae, Cic. Cael. 15, 35; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31; id. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Lucr. 5, 1406: felices [[cantus]] [[ore]] sonante dedit, Tib. 3, 4, 40: cantu tremulo (i.e. voce anili), Hor. C. 4, 13, 5: praecipe lugubres Cantus, id. ib. 1, 24, 3: [[longum]] cantu solata laborem, Verg. G. 1, 293; cf.: est [[etiam]] in dicendo [[quidam]] [[cantus]] obscurior, [[musical]] [[play]] of [[voice]], Cic. Or. 17, 57.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>2</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; With instruments, a playing, [[music]]: in nervorum vocumque cantibus, Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134: citharae, Hor. C. 3, 1, 20: horribili stridebat [[tibia]] cantu, Cat. 64, 264: querulae tibiae, Hor. C. 3, 7, 30: [[dulcis]] [[tibia]] cantu, Tib. 1, 7, 47: bucinarum, Cic. Mur. 9, 22: [[simul]] ac tubarum est [[auditus]] [[cantus]], Liv. 25, 24, 5: lyrae, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 72: tibicines, qui fidibus utuntur, suo arbitrio [[cantus]] numerosque moderantur, Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104: cantu tubarum convocare [[concilium]], Auct. B. G. 8, 20: raucisonoque mi-nantur cornua cantu, Lucr. 2, 619: rauco strepuerunt cornua cantu, Verg. A. 8, 2.— Of an [[actor]]: tardiores tibicinis modos et [[cantus]] remissiores facere, Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> Of birds, etc.: raucisoni [[cantus]], Lucr. 5, 1084: [[cantus]] avium et [[volatus]], Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; Hor. C. 3, 1, 20; App. Flor. 2, p. 349: volucrum, Quint. 10, 3, 24.—Of the [[nightingale]], Phaedr. 3, 18, 2; Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81.—Of the [[cock]], a crowing: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu plausuque premunt [[alas]], Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Vahl.); Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Div. 2, 26, 56: sub galli cantum, at daybreak, [[cock]]-crowing, Hor. S. 1, 1, 10: [[vigil]] [[ales]] cristati cantibus oris Evocat Auroram, Ov. M. 11, 597; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46; Quint. 11, 3, 51: [[fulix]] fundens e gutture [[cantus]], Cic. Div, poët. 1, 8, 14: [[perdix]] testata gaudia cantu est, Ov. M. 8, 238: seros exercet [[noctua]] [[cantus]], Verg. G. 1, 403: (cycni) [[cantus]] dedere, id. A. 1, 398.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp.<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>A</b> Prophetic or [[oracular]] [[song]]: veridicos Parcae coeperunt edere [[cantus]], Cat. 64, 306; cf. Tib. 1, 8, 4.—<br />&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<b>B</b> An [[incantation]], [[charm]], [[magic]] [[song]], etc.: cantusque artesque magorum. Ov. M. 7, 195; 7, 201: at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis Umbrae ibant, Verg. G. 4, 471: magici, Col. 10, 367: Haemoniis agitare cantibus umbras, Val. Fl. 6, 448: amores Cantibus solvere, Tib. 1, 2, 60; 1, 2, 45; 1, 2, 53: [[cantus]] e curru Lunam deducere tentat, id. 1, 8, 19; 4, 1, 63; 4, 4, 10; Ov. H. 12, 167; id. M. 4, 49.
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|gf=(1) <b>cantŭs</b>,⁹ ūs, m. ([[cano]]), chant [de l’homme et des oiseaux] : Cic. Cæl. 35 ; Div. 1, 94 &#124;&#124; son (accents) d’un instrument : Cic. Mur. 22 ; Verr. 2, 5, 31, Tusc. 1, 4 &#124;&#124; enchantement, charme, cérémonie magique : Tib. 1, 8, 19 ; Ov. M. 7, 195 &#124;&#124; vers, poésie, poème : Val. Max. 3, 2, 22.<br />(2) <b>[[cantus]], ī, m., v. [[canthus]].||son (accents) d’un instrument : Cic. Mur. 22 ; Verr. 2, 5, 31, Tusc. 1, 4||enchantement, charme, cérémonie magique : Tib. 1, 8, 19 ; Ov. M. 7, 195||vers, poésie, poème : Val. Max. 3, 2, 22.<br />(2) <b>[[cantus]], ī, m., v. [[canthus]].
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