cantatio
From LSJ
λύχνον μεθ' ἡμέραν ἅψας περιῄει λέγων ἄνθρωπον ζητῶ → he lit a lamp in broad daylight and said, as he went about, I am looking for a man
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cantātĭo: ōnis, f. canto; lit. a singing, a playing; hence, abstr. pro concr..
I 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.).—*
II A charm, spell, incantation, Firm. Math. 3, 6.
