cantus
οὐ γὰρ ἀργίας ὤνιον ἡ ὑγίεια καὶ ἀπραξίας, ἅ γε δὴ μέγιστα κακῶν ταῖς νόσοις πρόσεστι, καὶ οὐδὲν διαφέρει τοῦ τὰ ὄμματα τῷ μὴ διαβλέπειν καὶ τὴν φωνὴν τῷ μὴ φθέγγεσθαι φυλάττοντος ὁ τὴν ὑγίειαν ἀχρηστίᾳ καὶ ἡσυχίᾳ σῴζειν οἰόμενος → for health is not to be purchased by idleness and inactivity, which are the greatest evils attendant on sickness, and the man who thinks to conserve his health by uselessness and ease does not differ from him who guards his eyes by not seeing, and his voice by not speaking
Latin > English
cantus canti N M :: tire, iron ring around a carriage wheel; wheel
cantus cantus cantus N M :: song, chant; singing; cry (bird); blast (trumpet); poem, poetry; incantation
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cantus: ūs, m. id.,
I 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).
I In gen.
A Of persons.
1 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.—
2 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.—
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.—
II Esp.
A Prophetic or oracular song: veridicos Parcae coeperunt edere cantus, Cat. 64, 306; cf. Tib. 1, 8, 4.—
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.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
(1) cantŭs,⁹ ūs, m. (cano), chant [de l’homme et des oiseaux] : Cic. Cæl. 35 ; Div. 1, 94 || 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.
(2) cantus, ī, m., v. canthus.
Latin > German (Georges)
(1) cantus1, ūs, m. (cano), I) das Singen, der Gesang, levia carmina cantu concelebrare, Lucr. 5, 1378: funera cantu lusuque celebrare, Val. Max. 2, 2, 3. – u. das Besingen, verbosa cantu laudum suarum Graecia, Val. Max. 3, 2, 2. – II) konkr., der Ton, Gesang, die Melodie, das Lied, hinsichtlich der Art und Weise, als Produkt natürlicher Anlagen oder der Kunst, 1) im allg.: a) von Menschen, cantus Sirenum, Cic., od. Sirenarum, Ambros., od. Sirenei, Hieron.: c. inchoantium proelium, Liv.: citharae et cantus peritus, Tac.: est etiam in dicendo quidam cantus obscurior, Cic.: bestiae saepe immanes cantu flectuntur, Cic.: cantu tremulo (i.e. voce anili), Hor.: cantus movete (stimmt an), Verg. – b) von Tieren, avium, Cic.: perdicis, Ov.: corvi, Cic.: galli, das Krähen, Cic. (als Zeitbestimmung, sub galli cantum consultor ubi ostia pulsat, Hor. sat. 1, 1, 10: an galli cantu, an mane, Vulg. Marc. 13, 35): c. oscinum, Amm. – c) eines Instrumentes, das Spiel, der Klang, die Musik, bucinarum, Cic.: tibiarum, Flötenspiel, Liv.: tubarum, Liv.: symphoniarum, Sen.: vocis et tibiarum nervoromque cantus (Plur.), Vokal- u. Instrumentalmusik, Cic.: tibiae aut fidium cantus, Flöten- od. Saitenspiel, Cic.: c. citharae, Hor. u. Lact.: c. symphoniae, Cic.: descripto ad tibicinem cantu, Liv.: cantu lusuque celebrare funera, Mela. – 2) insbes.: a) der weissagende Gesang, die Weissagung, der Weissagespruch, avis, Tibull. 1, 8, 4: veridici cantus, Catull. 64, 306. – b) der rezitierte Zauberspruch, die Zauberformel, Tibull. 1, 8, 19 sq. Ov. met. 4, 49 u. 7, 201: Plur., Tibull. 1, 2, 60. Ov. met. 7, 195 u. 330: magici cantus, Iuven. 6, 610. Lucan. 4, 553. Col. poët. 10, 367.
(2) cantus2, ī, m., s. canthus.
