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1 cantilēna
cantilēna ae, f [cantilo, to trill], a hackneyed song, old song: cantilenam eandem canis, ever the old song, T.—Silly talk, trite prattle, gossip (colloq.). sua: ex scholis, a trite formula.* * *oft repeated saying; refrain; ditty/little song; silly prattle (L+S); lampoon -
2 cantilena
cantĭlēna, ae, f. [cantillo].I.In anteclass. and class. lang., a song, in a disparaging sense, an old song; vulg. for silly, trite prattle, gossip:II.ut crebro mihi insusurret cantilenam suam,
Cic. Att. 1, 19, 8: totam istam cantilenam ex hoc pendere, ut quam plurimum lucri faciant, Brut. ap. Cic. Fam. 11, 20, 2: qui non Graeci alicujus cottidianam loquacitatem sine usu, neque ex scholis cantilenam requirunt, Cic. de Or. 1, 23, 105.—Prov.: cantilenam eandem canis, = to auto adeis asma, ever the old song, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10.—
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