cantica
Dictionary entries
- Entry →canticus, cantica, canticum:
Adjective · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Very Rare
- Dictionary:
- Lewis & Short
- Age:
- Late
- Field:
- Arts
musical;
abl. sg. (f.)acc. pl. (n.)nom. sg. (f.)nom. pl. (n.)voc. sg. (f.)voc. pl. (n.) - Entry →canticum, cantici:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Arts
song; passage in a comedy chanted or sung; sing-song voice;
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
Liber III
Marcus Valerius Martialis (Martial)
"...ordine crines, balsama qui semper, cinnama semper olet; cantica qui Nili, qui Gaditana susurrat, qui mouet in uarios..."- G
SATIRICON LIBER
Gaius Petronius Arbiter (Petronius)
"...usque ad cameram os ebrium et coepit Menecratis cantica lacerare, sicut illi dicebant, qui linguam eius intellegebant. Ceteri..." - G
Vitellius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...aliquid et de dominico diceret, inchoantique Neroniana cantica primus exultans etiam plausit. XII. Talibus principiis, magnam imperii partem..." - M
Liber I
Marcus Fabius Quintilianus (Quintilian) from INSTITUTIONES
"...artibus volo: nec moduletur aut musicis notis cantica excipiat, nec utique ad minutissima usque geometriae opera descendat..."
