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cantamen

cantamen, an incantation

cantāmen, ĭnis, n. [canto, III.; cf. cano, II.; cantus, II. B., and carmen; lit. a charming with words; hence, abstr. pro concr.],
  • a spell, charm, magic sentence, incantation (very rare), Prop. 4 (5), 4, 51; Ap. Met. 2, 1, 5; id. Mag. 40, p. 299: magicum, Prud. adv. Sym. 2, 176.

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