sorcery
sorcery
subs.
P. ἡ μαγευτική, φαρμακεία, ἡ, V. μᾰγεύμᾰτα, τά; see magic.Use sorcery, v.: V. μᾰγεύειν, Ar. μαγγᾰνεύειν.
subs.
P. ἡ μαγευτική, φαρμακεία, ἡ, V. μᾰγεύμᾰτα, τά; see magic.Use sorcery, v.: V. μᾰγεύειν, Ar. μαγγᾰνεύειν.
SORCERY
ars magica (Liv.): magice (Plin.): veneficia plur. (Cic.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) veneficia et cantiones (sorceries and incantations): magica (Apul.): Sorceries sacra magica (Verg.); superstitiones magicae (Tac. Ann. 12 59).
ars magica (Liv.): magice (Plin.): veneficia plur. (Cic.). (The words are found in this connection and order.) veneficia et cantiones (sorceries and incantations): magica (Apul.): Sorceries sacra magica (Verg.); superstitiones magicae (Tac. Ann. 12 59).
sorcery:
I. The art or practice of sorcery:
1. fascĭnātio, ōnis, f. (in plur.: a bewitching): Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 22.
2. effascĭnātio, ōnis, f. (in plur.): id. 19, 4, 19 § 50: id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.
3. mălĕfĭcium (in pl.: al. malefica): Tac. A. 2, 69: App.
4. vĕnēfĭcium (in pl.): Ov.: Plin.: joined with cantiones (enchantments), Cic. Brut. 60, 217.
5. expr. by măgĭcus or măgus, with a subs.: magicae artes, Virg. Aen. 4, 493: magicae superstitiones, Tac. A. 12, 59: magica sacra, Virg. E. 8, 66: magae artes, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 5.
6. măgīa (= μαγεία): App. Apol. p. 290.
7. thĕurgia (= θεουργία, a summoning of spirits: very late): Aug.: also ars theurgica, id.
II. The means employed in sorcery:
1. vĕnēnum: Medea's cursed s.s, dira Medeae venena, Hor.: Cic.: Ov.: by a kind of s., quodam quasi v., Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76.
2. dēvōtio, ōnis, f. (usu. in pl.: an incantation, devoting to perdition): Suet. Cal. 3: Tac. A. 2, 69. For carmen, vox, cantāmen, cantio, incantāmentum, etc., v.INCANTATION , CHARM . Phr.: to subject to s.s, fascĭno, effascĭno, dēvŏveo (v. TO BEWITCH ): s.s, diri sacrorum ritus, Tac. A. 16, 8: pertaining to s.s, magicus, magus (v. supr., I. 5): also vĕnēficus: v. verba, Ov. M. 14, 365: cf. v. artes, Plin. 30, 2, 6, § 17.
I. The art or practice of sorcery:
1. fascĭnātio, ōnis, f. (in plur.: a bewitching): Plin. 28, 2, 5, § 22.
2. effascĭnātio, ōnis, f. (in plur.): id. 19, 4, 19 § 50: id. 37, 10, 54, § 145.
3. mălĕfĭcium (in pl.: al. malefica): Tac. A. 2, 69: App.
4. vĕnēfĭcium (in pl.): Ov.: Plin.: joined with cantiones (enchantments), Cic. Brut. 60, 217.
5. expr. by măgĭcus or măgus, with a subs.: magicae artes, Virg. Aen. 4, 493: magicae superstitiones, Tac. A. 12, 59: magica sacra, Virg. E. 8, 66: magae artes, Ov. Am. 1, 8, 5.
6. măgīa (= μαγεία): App. Apol. p. 290.
7. thĕurgia (= θεουργία, a summoning of spirits: very late): Aug.: also ars theurgica, id.
II. The means employed in sorcery:
1. vĕnēnum: Medea's cursed s.s, dira Medeae venena, Hor.: Cic.: Ov.: by a kind of s., quodam quasi v., Cic. Off. 3, 19, 76.
2. dēvōtio, ōnis, f. (usu. in pl.: an incantation, devoting to perdition): Suet. Cal. 3: Tac. A. 2, 69. For carmen, vox, cantāmen, cantio, incantāmentum, etc., v.