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|lshtext=<b>carmen</b>: ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [[declaim]], [[praise]]; cf.: [[camilla]], [[censeo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[tune]], [[song]]; [[poem]], [[verse]]; an [[oracular]] [[response]], a [[prophecy]]; a form of [[incantation]] (cf.: [[cano]], [[cantus]], and [[canto]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., a [[tune]], [[song]], [[air]], [[lay]], [[strain]], [[note]], [[sound]], [[both]] [[vocal]] and [[instrumental]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; in [[prose]], [[instead]] of it, [[cantus]]; cf. also [[versus]], numeri, modi): [[carmen]] [[tuba]] ista peregit ( = [[sonus]]), Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.: carmine vocali [[clarus]] citharāque [[Philammon]], Ov. M. 11, 317; cf. vocum, id. ib. 12, 157: per me (sc. Apollinem) [[concordant]] carmina nervis, id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5; 5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine [[bubo]] Saepe queri, Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453: cygnorum, id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77: citharae liquidum [[carmen]], Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15: lyrae [[carmen]], Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.: canere miserabile [[carmen]], Ov. M. 5, 118: harundineum, id. Tr. 4, 1, 12: socialia carmina, id. H. 12, 139: barbaricum, id. M. 11, 163.—With [[allusion]] to playing on the [[cithara]]: hoc [[carmen]] hic [[tribunus]] [[plebis]] non [[vobis]] sed sibi [[intus]] canit, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the [[sound]] of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp., a [[composition]] in [[verse]], a [[poem]]; [[poetry]], [[verse]], [[song]], [[whether]] in a broader [[sense]], of [[every]] [[kind]] of poetic [[production]], epic, [[dramatic]], lyric (opp. to [[prose]] and to [[cantus]], the [[melody]]), or, in a [[more]] restricted [[sense]], for lyric [[poetry]].<br /> <b>A</b> Cum hanc felicitatem non [[prosa]] [[modo]] multi sint consecuti sed [[etiam]] carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95: perspicuum est, et [[cantus]] (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words), Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197: carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere, Lucr. 5, 1444: Maeonii carminis alite, Hor. C. 1, 6, 2: epicum [[carmen]], Quint. 10, 1, 62: heroici [[sublimitas]], id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16: Iliacum, Hor. A. P. 129: [[historia]] [[quodammodo]] [[carmen]] solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31: Pierium, Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21: tragicum, Hor. A. P. 220: carmina Livi, id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13: Saliorum carmina, Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.: lyricorum carmina, Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32: Aeolium, Hor. C. 3, 30, 13: Lydis remixto carmine tibiis, id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5: [[carmen]] funebre [[proprie]] Naenia, Quint. 8, 2, 8: carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur, Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75: lascivum, Quint. 9, 4, 108: obscena, [[satirical]], [[abusive]] poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10; the [[same]]: famosum, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.: [[malum]], id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.: obliquum, Stat. S. 1, 2, 27: probrosum, Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.: si [[quis]] [[carmen]] condidisset [[quod]] infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri, Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases: canere, Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.: cantare cui, Hor. C. 3, 1, 4: cantitare, Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436: contexere, Cic. Cael. 8, 18: disponere, Lucr. 3, 420: pangere, id. 1, 934; 4, 9: fingere, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331: dicere, id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8: dictare, id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: docere, id. C. 2, 19, 1: ad umbilicum adducere, id. Epod. 14, 7: deducere ad sua tempora, Ov. M. 1, 4: fundere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64: componere ad lyram, Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> In a restricted [[sense]] for lyric or epic [[poetry]]: carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.: carmina [[compono]], hic elegos, id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile [[carmen]], i. e. a [[love]] [[poem]] or [[song]], id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the [[drama]] for an epic or lyric [[poem]]: [[fabula]], quae versatur in tragoediis [[atque]] carminibus, Quint. 2, 4, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[part]] of a [[great]] epic [[poem]], a [[book]], [[canto]]: in [[primo]] carmine, Lucr. 6, 937. —<br /> <b>3</b> A poetic [[inscription]]: et tumulum facite et [[tumulo]] superaddite [[carmen]]: [[Daphnis]] ego, etc., Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[response]] of an [[oracle]], a [[prophecy]], [[prediction]]: ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis [[aetas]], Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—<br /> <b>5</b> A [[magic]] [[formula]], an [[incantation]]: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf. Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum, Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel [[caelo]] possunt deducere lunam; Carminibus [[Circe]] socios mutavit Ulixi, Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—<br /> <b>6</b> On [[account]] of the [[very]] [[ancient]] [[practice]] of composing forms of [[religion]] and [[law]] in Saturnian [[verse]], also a [[formula]] in [[religion]] or [[law]], a form: diro quodam carmine jurare, Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12: [[cruciatus]] carmina, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26: lex horrendi carminis erat: [[duumviri]] perduellionem judicent, etc., of a [[dreadful]] form, Liv. 1, 26, 6: rogationis [[carmen]], id. 3, 64, 10.—<br /> <b>7</b> Moral sentences [[composed]] in verses: Appii Caeci [[carmen]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.: [[liber]] Catonis qui [[inscriptus]] est Carmen de moribus, Gell. 11, 2, 2: ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine [[scriptum]] videretur, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245: necessarium, id. Leg. 2, 23, 59.<br /><b>carmen</b>: ĭnis, n. 1. [[caro]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[card]], for [[wool]] or [[flax]], Venant. Ep. Praem. Carm. 6, 5. | |lshtext=<b>carmen</b>: ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto [[declaim]], [[praise]]; cf.: [[camilla]], [[censeo]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[tune]], [[song]]; [[poem]], [[verse]]; an [[oracular]] [[response]], a [[prophecy]]; a form of [[incantation]] (cf.: [[cano]], [[cantus]], and [[canto]]).<br /><b>I</b> In gen., a [[tune]], [[song]], [[air]], [[lay]], [[strain]], [[note]], [[sound]], [[both]] [[vocal]] and [[instrumental]] ([[mostly]] [[poet]].; in [[prose]], [[instead]] of it, [[cantus]]; cf. also [[versus]], numeri, modi): [[carmen]] [[tuba]] ista peregit ( = [[sonus]]), Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.: carmine vocali [[clarus]] citharāque [[Philammon]], Ov. M. 11, 317; cf. vocum, id. ib. 12, 157: per me (sc. Apollinem) [[concordant]] carmina nervis, id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5; 5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine [[bubo]] Saepe queri, Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453: cygnorum, id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77: citharae liquidum [[carmen]], Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15: lyrae [[carmen]], Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.: canere miserabile [[carmen]], Ov. M. 5, 118: harundineum, id. Tr. 4, 1, 12: socialia carmina, id. H. 12, 139: barbaricum, id. M. 11, 163.—With [[allusion]] to playing on the [[cithara]]: hoc [[carmen]] hic [[tribunus]] [[plebis]] non [[vobis]] sed sibi [[intus]] canit, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the [[sound]] of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—<br /><b>II</b> Esp., a [[composition]] in [[verse]], a [[poem]]; [[poetry]], [[verse]], [[song]], [[whether]] in a broader [[sense]], of [[every]] [[kind]] of poetic [[production]], epic, [[dramatic]], lyric (opp. to [[prose]] and to [[cantus]], the [[melody]]), or, in a [[more]] restricted [[sense]], for lyric [[poetry]].<br /> <b>A</b> Cum hanc felicitatem non [[prosa]] [[modo]] multi sint consecuti sed [[etiam]] carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95: perspicuum est, et [[cantus]] (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words), Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197: carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere, Lucr. 5, 1444: Maeonii carminis alite, Hor. C. 1, 6, 2: epicum [[carmen]], Quint. 10, 1, 62: heroici [[sublimitas]], id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16: Iliacum, Hor. A. P. 129: [[historia]] [[quodammodo]] [[carmen]] solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31: Pierium, Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21: tragicum, Hor. A. P. 220: carmina Livi, id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13: Saliorum carmina, Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.: lyricorum carmina, Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32: Aeolium, Hor. C. 3, 30, 13: Lydis remixto carmine tibiis, id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5: [[carmen]] funebre [[proprie]] Naenia, Quint. 8, 2, 8: carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur, Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75: lascivum, Quint. 9, 4, 108: obscena, [[satirical]], [[abusive]] poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10; the [[same]]: famosum, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.: [[malum]], id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.: obliquum, Stat. S. 1, 2, 27: probrosum, Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.: si [[quis]] [[carmen]] condidisset [[quod]] infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri, Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases: canere, Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.: cantare cui, Hor. C. 3, 1, 4: cantitare, Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436: contexere, Cic. Cael. 8, 18: disponere, Lucr. 3, 420: pangere, id. 1, 934; 4, 9: fingere, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331: dicere, id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8: dictare, id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: docere, id. C. 2, 19, 1: ad umbilicum adducere, id. Epod. 14, 7: deducere ad sua tempora, Ov. M. 1, 4: fundere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64: componere ad lyram, Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—<br /> <b>B</b> Esp.<br /> <b>1</b> In a restricted [[sense]] for lyric or epic [[poetry]]: carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.: carmina [[compono]], hic elegos, id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile [[carmen]], i. e. a [[love]] [[poem]] or [[song]], id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the [[drama]] for an epic or lyric [[poem]]: [[fabula]], quae versatur in tragoediis [[atque]] carminibus, Quint. 2, 4, 2.—<br /> <b>2</b> A [[part]] of a [[great]] epic [[poem]], a [[book]], [[canto]]: in [[primo]] carmine, Lucr. 6, 937. —<br /> <b>3</b> A poetic [[inscription]]: et tumulum facite et [[tumulo]] superaddite [[carmen]]: [[Daphnis]] ego, etc., Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—<br /> <b>4</b> A [[response]] of an [[oracle]], a [[prophecy]], [[prediction]]: ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis [[aetas]], Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—<br /> <b>5</b> A [[magic]] [[formula]], an [[incantation]]: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf. Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum, Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel [[caelo]] possunt deducere lunam; Carminibus [[Circe]] socios mutavit Ulixi, Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—<br /> <b>6</b> On [[account]] of the [[very]] [[ancient]] [[practice]] of composing forms of [[religion]] and [[law]] in Saturnian [[verse]], also a [[formula]] in [[religion]] or [[law]], a form: diro quodam carmine jurare, Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12: [[cruciatus]] carmina, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26: lex horrendi carminis erat: [[duumviri]] perduellionem judicent, etc., of a [[dreadful]] form, Liv. 1, 26, 6: rogationis [[carmen]], id. 3, 64, 10.—<br /> <b>7</b> Moral sentences [[composed]] in verses: Appii Caeci [[carmen]], Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.: [[liber]] Catonis qui [[inscriptus]] est Carmen de moribus, Gell. 11, 2, 2: ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine [[scriptum]] videretur, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245: necessarium, id. Leg. 2, 23, 59.<br /><b>carmen</b>: ĭnis, n. 1. [[caro]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[card]], for [[wool]] or [[flax]], Venant. Ep. Praem. Carm. 6, 5. | ||
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|gf=(1) <b>carmĕn</b>,⁷ ĭnis, n. ([[cano]]),<br /><b>1</b> chant, air, son de la voix ou des instruments : ferale Virg. En. 4, 462, chant [[lugubre]], funèbre, cf. G. 4, 514 ; Ov. M. 11, 317<br /><b>2</b> composition en vers, vers, poésie : carmina canere Cic. Br. 71, chanter des vers ; contexere Cic. Cæl. 19 ; fundere Cic. Tusc. 1, 64, écrire, composer des vers || [en part., poésie lyrique ou épique] Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 91 ; Quint. 2, 4, 2 || division d’un poème, chant : in [[primo]] carmine Lucr. 6, 937, dans le premier chant || inscription en vers : Virg. En. 3, 287 || réponse d’un oracle, prophétie, prédiction : Virg. B. 4, 4 ; Liv. 1, 45, 5 || paroles magiques, enchantements : carmina [[vel]] cælo possunt deducere lunam Virg. B. 8, 69, les paroles magiques peuvent même faire descendre la lune du ciel || formule [religieuse ou judiciaire] : Cic. Rab. perd. 13 ; Mur. 26 ; Liv. 10, 38, 10 || sentences morales [en vers] : Cic. Tusc. 4, 4 ; de Or. 1, 245.<br />(2) <b>carmĕn</b>,¹⁵ ĭnis, n. ([[caro]] 1), carde, peigne à carder : Claud. Eutr. 2, 458 ; Fort. Ep. 5, 6, 1. | |||
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carmen: ĭnis, n. (old form cas-men, Varr. L. L. p. 86 Bip.) [Sanscr. çasto declaim, praise; cf.: camilla, censeo,
I a tune, song; poem, verse; an oracular response, a prophecy; a form of incantation (cf.: cano, cantus, and canto).
I In gen., a tune, song, air, lay, strain, note, sound, both vocal and instrumental (mostly poet.; in prose, instead of it, cantus; cf. also versus, numeri, modi): carmen tuba ista peregit ( = sonus), Enn. Ann. 508 Vahl.: carmine vocali clarus citharāque Philammon, Ov. M. 11, 317; cf. vocum, id. ib. 12, 157: per me (sc. Apollinem) concordant carmina nervis, id. ib. 1, 518; cf. id. ib. 11, 5; 5, 340: solaque culminibus ferali carmine bubo Saepe queri, Verg. A. 4, 462; so id. G. 4, 514; Ov. M. 10, 453: cygnorum, id. ib. 5, 387; cf. id. ib. 14, 430; Mart. 13, 77: citharae liquidum carmen, Lucr. 4, 981; cf. id. 2, 506; Hor. C. 1, 15, 15: lyrae carmen, Prop. 2, 1, 9 Hertzb.: canere miserabile carmen, Ov. M. 5, 118: harundineum, id. Tr. 4, 1, 12: socialia carmina, id. H. 12, 139: barbaricum, id. M. 11, 163.—With allusion to playing on the cithara: hoc carmen hic tribunus plebis non vobis sed sibi intus canit, Cic. Agr. 2, 26, 68; cf. Aspendius.—Also the sound of waves, Claud. Cons. Mall. Th. 319; cf. Auct. Aetn. 295.—
II Esp., a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song, whether in a broader sense, of every kind of poetic production, epic, dramatic, lyric (opp. to prose and to cantus, the melody), or, in a more restricted sense, for lyric poetry.
A Cum hanc felicitatem non prosa modo multi sint consecuti sed etiam carmine, Quint. 10, 7, 19; cf. id. 1, 8, 2; 8, 6, 27; 10, 1, 95: perspicuum est, et cantus (melodies) tum fuisse rescriptos vocum sonis et carmina (words), Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; id. de Or. 2, 8, 34; 3, 51, 197: carminibus cum res gestas coepere poetae Tradere, Lucr. 5, 1444: Maeonii carminis alite, Hor. C. 1, 6, 2: epicum carmen, Quint. 10, 1, 62: heroici sublimitas, id. 1, 8, 5; cf. Prop. 3 (4), 3, 16: Iliacum, Hor. A. P. 129: historia quodammodo carmen solutum, Quint. 10, 1, 31: Pierium, Lucr. 1, 946; 4, 21: tragicum, Hor. A. P. 220: carmina Livi, id. Ep. 2, 1, 69; cf. Tac. A. 11, 13: Saliorum carmina, Varr. L. L. 3, 26; 9, 61; Quint. 1, 6, 40; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 86 Schmid.; cf. Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.: lyricorum carmina, Quint. 9, 4, 53; Prop. 4 (5), 6, 32: Aeolium, Hor. C. 3, 30, 13: Lydis remixto carmine tibiis, id. ib. 4, 15, 30; cf. id. Epod. 9, 5: carmen funebre proprie Naenia, Quint. 8, 2, 8: carmina quae in Phaeacum epulis canuntur, Cic. Brut. 18, 71; cf. id. ib. 19, 75: lascivum, Quint. 9, 4, 108: obscena, satirical, abusive poems, libels, Prop. 1, 16, 10; the same: famosum, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 31 Schmid.: malum, id. ib. 2, 1, 153; id. S. 2, 1. 82 Heind.: obliquum, Stat. S. 1, 2, 27: probrosum, Tac. A. 4, 31; cf.: si quis carmen condidisset quod infamiam faceret flagitiumve alteri, Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; and Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 259 sq.; Fischer ad Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4.—Phrases: canere, Cic. Brut. 18, 71; Liv. 1, 20, 4 al.: cantare cui, Hor. C. 3, 1, 4: cantitare, Cic. Brut. 19, 75: CONDERE, XII. Tab. ap. Cic. Rep. 4, 10, 12; Lucr. 5, 1; Hor. S. 2, 1, 82; id. A. P. 436: contexere, Cic. Cael. 8, 18: disponere, Lucr. 3, 420: pangere, id. 1, 934; 4, 9: fingere, Hor. C. 4, 2, 32; id. Ep. 2, 1, 227; id. A. P. 331: dicere, id. C. 4, 12, 10; id. C. S. 8: dictare, id. S. 1, 10, 75; id. Ep. 2, 1, 110: docere, id. C. 2, 19, 1: ad umbilicum adducere, id. Epod. 14, 7: deducere ad sua tempora, Ov. M. 1, 4: fundere, Cic. Tusc. 1, 26, 64: componere ad lyram, Quint. 1, 10, 29; cf. id. 11, 2, 11.—
B Esp.
1 In a restricted sense for lyric or epic poetry: carmine tu gaudes, hic delectatur iambis, Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 59 Schmid.; cf.: carmina compono, hic elegos, id. ib. 2, 2, 91: amabile carmen, i. e. a love poem or song, id. ib. 1, 3, 24.—And opp. to the drama for an epic or lyric poem: fabula, quae versatur in tragoediis atque carminibus, Quint. 2, 4, 2.—
2 A part of a great epic poem, a book, canto: in primo carmine, Lucr. 6, 937. —
3 A poetic inscription: et tumulum facite et tumulo superaddite carmen: Daphnis ego, etc., Verg. E. 5, 42; id. A. 3, 287; Ov. M. 14, 442; id. F. 3, 547 al.—
4 A response of an oracle, a prophecy, prediction: ultima Cumaei venit jam carminis aetas, Verg. E. 4, 4; so Ov. M. 6, 582; Liv. 1, 45, 5; 23, 11, 4; 25, 12, 4; 29, 10, 6; 38, 45, 3; Tac. A. 3, 63; 4, 43; 6, 12 al.—
5 A magic formula, an incantation: MALVM, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17; cf. Fragm. XII. Tab. 8, 1, a. ap. Wordsw. Fragm. and Spec. p. 260: polleantne aliquid verba et incantamenta carminum, Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 10: carmina vel caelo possunt deducere lunam; Carminibus Circe socios mutavit Ulixi, Verg. E. 8, 69 sq.; so id. A. 4, 487; Hor. Epod. 5, 72; 17, 4; id. S. 1, 8, 19; Prop. 2 (3), 28, 35; Ov. M. 7, 137; 14, 58; Quint. 7, 3, 7; Tac. A. 2, 69; 4, 22 al.—
6 On account of the very ancient practice of composing forms of religion and law in Saturnian verse, also a formula in religion or law, a form: diro quodam carmine jurare, Liv. 10, 38, 10; 10, 41, 3; 31, 17, 9; 1, 24, 6 and 9; Plin. 28, 2, 3, § 12: cruciatus carmina, Cic. Rab. Perd. 4, 13; cf. id. Mur. 12, 26: lex horrendi carminis erat: duumviri perduellionem judicent, etc., of a dreadful form, Liv. 1, 26, 6: rogationis carmen, id. 3, 64, 10.—
7 Moral sentences composed in verses: Appii Caeci carmen, Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 4; cf.: liber Catonis qui inscriptus est Carmen de moribus, Gell. 11, 2, 2: ut totum illud, VTI. LINGVA. NVNCVPASSIT., non in XII. tabulis, sed in magistri carmine scriptum videretur, Cic. de Or. 1, 57, 245: necessarium, id. Leg. 2, 23, 59.
carmen: ĭnis, n. 1. caro,
I a card, for wool or flax, Venant. Ep. Praem. Carm. 6, 5.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) carmĕn,⁷ ĭnis, n. (cano),
1 chant, air, son de la voix ou des instruments : ferale Virg. En. 4, 462, chant lugubre, funèbre, cf. G. 4, 514 ; Ov. M. 11, 317
2 composition en vers, vers, poésie : carmina canere Cic. Br. 71, chanter des vers ; contexere Cic. Cæl. 19 ; fundere Cic. Tusc. 1, 64, écrire, composer des vers
