cantio
From LSJ
Ἥδιστόν ἐστιν τῶν ὑπαρχόντων κρατεῖν → Opes tenere, non teneri opibus iuvat → Am besten hast du jede Lage fest im Griff | Am liebsten Herr sein über das Vorhandene
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
cantĭo: ōnis, f. cano, lit. a singing, playing; hence meton. abstr. pro concr..
I A song (rare; mostly ante-class.), Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 25; 5, 5, 19; 5, 6, 8; Suet. Ner. 25; of birds, App. Flor. 2, p. 349, 11; Fronto ad Ver. 1 (cf. cantatio).—
II An incantation, charm, spell, Cato, R. R. 160: subito totam causam oblitus est, idque veneficiis et cantionibus Titiniae factum dicebat, Cic. Brut. 60, 217; App. M. 1, 10, p. 106, 27.
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
cantĭō,¹⁴ ōnis, f. (cano), chant, chanson : Pl. Bacch. 38 ; St. 707
