song

cantĭo, ōnis, f. [cano, lit. a singing, playing; hence meton. abstr. pro concr.].

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).—

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.

cĕlē̆bro, āvi, ātum, v. a. [id.].

To go to a place or person in great numbers or often, to frequent, to fill (syn. frequento;

class.): deūm delubra festis diebus,

Lucr. 5, 1167:

viam,

Cic. Cael. 14, 34; id. Sest. 63, 131:

domum alicujus,

id. Mur. 34, 70:

atria,

Ov. M. 1, 172:

silvas,

id. ib. 10, 703:

tecta,

id. ib. 4, 444:

forum,

id. ib. 4, 144; cf.:

forum maxime celebratum,

Sall. J. 47, 1:

Penates, i. e. domum redire,

Tib. 1, 3, 33:

me magistrum,

id. 1, 4, 75.—

Of a desired action (cf. celeber, B.), to do something frequently or in multitudes, to practise, engage in, say, use, employ, repeat, = frequento, etc.:

intro abite atque haec cito celebrate,

i. e. in company, all together, Plaut. Ps. 1, 2, 36:

ad eas artes, quibus a pueris dediti fuimus, celebrandas inter nosque recolendas,

Cic. de Or. 1, 1, 2:

cognitionem exercitationemque,

id. ib. 3, 28, 110:

genus divinationis,

id. Div. 1, 2, 3; cf.:

celebratum genus mortis,

a kind of death suffered by many, Tac. H. 2, 49 fin.:

necessitatem,

Cic. de Or. 3, 38, 155:

jurisdictionem,

Liv. 6, 32, 1:

popularem potestatem,

id. 2, 42, 6:

iambum,

Quint. 10, 1, 96:

seria ac jocos cum aliquo,

Liv. 1, 4, 9.—

Aliquid aliquā re, to fill up with something:

contiones suas convicio cantorum,

Cic. Sest. 55, 118:

ripas carmine,

Ov. M. 2, 252 (cf.:

concelebrant ripas,

Lucr. 2, 345):

cujus litteris, famā, nuntiis celebrantur aures cottidie meae,

i. e. are filled, full, Cic. Prov. Cons. 9, 22.— Poet.: juvenes multo sermone, to talk much with [p. 309] them, Tib. 1, 6, 17.—

Meton.

To go in great numbers to a celebration; hence, in gen., to celebrate, solemnize, keep a festival:

festos dies,

Cic. Arch. 6, 13; cf.:

is (dies) festus celebratusque per omnem Africam,

Sall. J. 66, 2; Cic. Pis. 22, 51; id. Cat. 3, 10, 23; Liv. 10, 37, 12; Tac. A. 15, 53; Suet. Aug. 75; id. Tib. 65 init.; Hor. S. 2, 2, 61; Ov. M. 4, 4:

convivium omnium sermone laetitiāque,

Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 26, § 66; Liv. 40, 14, 2; Tac. A. 4, 59; cf.

coetum,

Verg. A. 1, 735:

conjugia,

id. ib. 7, 555; cf.

nuptias,

Liv. 36, 11, 2; cf.:

solemnia nuptiarum,

Tac. A. 11, 26 fin.:

officium nuptiarum,

Suet. Claud. 26; and poet.:

taedas jugales Thetidis,

Cat. 64, 302:

annua sacra,

Verg. A. 8, 173; cf. id. ib. 5, 598 and 603: funus, Enn. ap. Cic. Tusc. 1, 49, 117; cf.

exsequias,

Liv. 25, 17, 5; 37, 22, 2:

diem natalem Vitellii,

Tac. H. 2, 95; Lact. 1, 20, 6; Plin. Ep. 10, 102 (103):

natales,

id. ib. 6, 30, 1; Tac. A. 6, 18; and absol.:

totā celebrante Siciliā sepultus est,

Nep. Timol. 5 fin. —

To honor, praise, celebrate the praises of a person or thing, to celebrate in song (syn.:

colere, laudare, illustrare): laus, quae non poetarum carminibus, non annalium monumentis celebratur,

Cic. Rab. Post. 16, 43; cf. id. Planc. 39, 93:

vestrum egressum ornando atque celebrando,

id. Pis. 13, 31:

fortuna res cunctas ex libidine magis quam ex vero celebrat obscuratque,

Sall. C. 8, 1:

talia carminibus,

Verg. A. 8, 303:

nomen alicujus scriptis,

Cic. Fam. 5, 12, 1:

facta pro maxumis,

Sall. C. 8, 3:

domestica facta,

Hor. A. P. 287: se remque publicam haec faciundo, to make renowned, Sall J. 85, 36: Mari virtutem in majus ( = epi to meizon kosmein), id. ib. 73, 5:

augereque aliquem,

id. ib. 86, 3: honores alicujus, celebrate one ' s honor, Verg. A. 12, 840:

memoriam,

Tac. H. 1, 78:

victoriam ingenti fama,

id. Agr. 39 al.:

virum aut heroa lyrā, etc.,

Hor. C. 1, 12, 2:

sepulcrum hominum conventu et epulis,

Cic. Fl. 38, 95:

memoriam nominis epulis,

id. Fin. 2, 31, 103:

litora ludis,

Verg. A. 3, 280:

sententiam magno assensu,

Tac. A. 15, 22:

mortem funere censorio,

id. ib. 6, 27:

aliquem admiratione,

id. H. 2, 71:

obsequio,

id. A. 16, 33:

funere publico,

id. ib. 6, 11 fin. —

Without the access. idea of extolling, in gen., to make something known, to publish abroad, proclaim:

quibus in locis factum esse consulem Murenam nuntii litteraeque celebrassent,

Cic. Mur. 41, 89:

quod vocibus maledictisque celebratum est,

id. Cael. 3, 6:

quā re celebratā,

id. Div. 1, 17, 31.— cĕlĕbrā-tus, a, um, P. a.

(Acc. to I. a.) Frequented, much visited:

forum rerum venalium totius regni maxime celebratum,

Sall. J. 47, 1.—

(Acc. to I. b.) Customary, usual, frequent:

tritum atque celebratum,

Cic. Fl. 27, 65:

celebratum est usque in proverbium,

Quint. 1, 10, 21:

schemata,

id. 9, 2, 92:

usus anuli celebratior,

Plin. 33, 1, 6, § 28:

verbum celebratius,

Gell. 17, 2, 25 (cf. id. 17, 2, 25, § 17: verbum crebrius, and id. 17, 2, 25, § 18: verbum creberrimum).—

(Acc. to II. A.) Solemn, festive, brilliant:

dies celebratior,

Ov. M. 7, 430:

supplicatio celebratior,

Liv. 3, 63, 5.—

(Acc. to II. B.) Known, celebrated, famous:

loci famā celebrati,

Tac. A. 2, 54:

quo Actiacae victoriae memoria celebratior in posterum esset,

Suet. Aug. 18.— Adv., v. celebriter.

con-cĭno, cĭnŭi, no sup., 3, v. n. and a. [cano].

Neutr., to sing, play, or sound together, in concert or harmoniously (class.).

Prop.:

ubi (chorus) certis numeris ac pedibus velut facta conspiratione consensit atque concinuit,

Col. 12, 2, 4:

concinere tragoedo pronuntianti,

to accompany, Suet. Calig. 54:

cornua ac tubae concinuere,

Tac. A. 1, 68; cf.:

concinunt tubae,

Liv. 9, 32, 6; and:

ubi signa concinuissent,

id. 30, 5, 2.—

Also without the idea of concert: concinit albus olor,

Ov. H. 7, 2.—

Trop., to agree together, harmonize, accord, sunaidô:

omnibus inter se concinentibus mundi partibus,

Cic. N. D. 2, 7, 19:

videsne ut haec concinant?

id. Fin. 5, 28, 83:

faxo, ne juvet vox ista veto, quā nunc concinentes collegas nostros tam laeti auditis,

Liv. 6, 35, 9:

ita fit ut nulli duo concinant,

Plin. 3, 1, 3, § 16:

Stoici cum Peripateticis re concinere videntur, verbis discrepare,

Cic. N. D. 1, 7, 16 Orell. N. cr. —

Act., to cause to sound together, in concert or harmoniously, to make concordant sounds, to sound, sing of, celebrate in song, magnify, etc.

In gen.:

haec cum pressis et flebilibus modis, qui totis theatris maestitiam inferant, concinuntur,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 44, 106:

ite, concinite in modum: Io Hymen, etc.,

Cat. 61, 123; Suet. Calig. 6:

carmina nuptialia,

Cat. 61, 12:

carmina,

id. 65, 13:

laudes Iovi,

Tib. 2, 5, 10:

aelinon,

Ov. Am. 3, 9, 24: sua festa Palilia, Tib. 2, 5, 88:

laetos dies,

Hor. C. 4, 2, 41:

majore plectro Caesarem,

id. ib. 33:

stridor lituum clangorque tubarum Non pia concinuit cum rauco classica cornu,

Luc. 1, 238.—

Esp. (acc. to cano, II. C.), to sing prophetically, prophesy (very rare):

nigraque funestum concinit omen avis,

Prop. 2 (3), 28, 38:

tristia omina,

Ov. Am. 3, 12, 2. —Hence, concĭnens, entis, P. a., harmonizing, harmonious, Arn. 3, 123.— Comp., Claud. Mam. Stat. Anim. 2, 5.

cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus;

y,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = kuknos, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song;

consecrated to Apollo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.;

attached to the chariot of Venus,

Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—

Prov.:

quid contendat hirundo cycnis?

Lucr. 3, 7;

so also: certent cycnis ululae,

Verg. E. 8, 55.—

Meton., for a poet:

Dircaeus,

i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.

Cȳ̆cnus ( Cyg-), i, m.

A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phæton, who was changed to a swan and placed among the stars, Ov. M. 2, 367; Verg. A. 10, 189; cf. Hyg. Fab. 154; id. Astr. 3, 7. —

A son of Neptune and Calyce; he was father of Tenes, and was changed into a swan, Ov. M. 12, 72 sq., cf. Hyg. Fab. 157.‡ † cydărum, i, n., = kudaros, a sort of ship, acc. to Gell. 10, 25, 5.

cȳ̆cnus (in MSS. and edd. freq. also cȳ̆gnus;

y,

Hor. C. 4, 3, 20; Aus. Ep. 20, 8), i, m., = kuknos, the swan; celebrated for its singing, esp. for its dying song;

consecrated to Apollo,

Cic. Tusc. 1, 30, 73; Plin. 10, 23, 32, § 63; Lucr. 4, 181; 4, 910; Verg. E. 7, 38; id. A. 1, 393; Ov. M. 5, 387; Hor. C. 4, 3, 20 et saep.;

attached to the chariot of Venus,

Ov. M. 10, 708; id. A. A. 3, 809.—

Prov.:

quid contendat hirundo cycnis?

Lucr. 3, 7;

so also: certent cycnis ululae,

Verg. E. 8, 55.—

Meton., for a poet:

Dircaeus,

i. e. Pindar, Hor. C. 4, 2, 25.

Cȳ̆cnus ( Cyg-), i, m.

A king of the Ligurians, son of Sthenelus, related to Phæton, who was changed to a swan and placed among the stars, Ov. M. 2, 367; Verg. A. 10, 189; cf. Hyg. Fab. 154; id. Astr. 3, 7. —

A son of Neptune and Calyce; he was father of Tenes, and was changed into a swan, Ov. M. 12, 72 sq., cf. Hyg. Fab. 157.‡ † cydărum, i, n., = kudaros, a sort of ship, acc. to Gell. 10, 25, 5.