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Melodious

  • 1 canōrus

        canōrus adj.    [canor], of melody, melodious, harmonious: quiddam habere canorum, a melodious voice: modi, Iu.: vox... nec canora, not sing-song: nugae, mere jingling, H.— Sing n. as subst, melody, charm (in speaking): illud in voce. —Producing melody, sounding melodiously, musical, euphonious: orator: chorus, song and dance, Iu.: Aeolides, i. e. Misenus, O.: animal (gallus): aves, V.: olor, Pr.: fides, H.: aes, i. e. tubae, V.
    * * *
    canora, canorum ADJ
    melodious, harmonious; resonant, ringing, sonorous; tuneful; songful, vocal

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  • 2 argūtus

        argūtus adj. with comp. and sup.    [P. of arguo], active, quick, expressive, lively: manus: oculi: caput (of a horse), graceful, V. — To the hearing, piercing, sharp, shrill (poet.): hirundo, chirping, V.: ilex, rustling, V.: nemus, echoing with song, V.: Neaera, melodious, H.: serra, grating, V.: pecten, rattling, V. — Of style, explicit, detailed: litterae. — Of omens, distinct, clear, striking: argutissima exta: omen, Pr.—Sagacious, acute, witty, bright: in sententiis argutior: poema argutius: acumen, H.—Cunning, sly, artful: calo, H.
    * * *
    arguta -um, argutior -or -us, argutissimus -a -um ADJ
    melodious, clear (sounds), ringing; eloquent; wise, witty, cunning; talkative

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  • 3 numerōsus

        numerōsus adj. with comp. and sup.    [numerus], in full number, numerous, manifold: civitas numerosissima, most populous, Ta.: classis, Iu.— Full of rhythm, measured, rhythmical, melodious: numerosos ponere gressūs, O.: si numerosum est... quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus: oratio: numerosior Asinius, Ta.
    * * *
    numerosa -um, numerosior -or -us, numerosissimus -a -um ADJ
    numerous/many, of many units/parts/people; multiple; manifold/varied; prolific; plentiful/abundant/populous; harmonious/melodious/rhythmic/proportioned

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  • 4 cano

    căno, cĕcĭni, cantum (ancient imp. cante = canite, Carm. Sal. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 37 Müll.; fut. perf. canerit = cecinerit, Lib. Augur. ap. Fest. s. v. rumentum, p. 270 ib.; perf. canui = cecini, acc. to Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 384, predominant in concino, occino, etc.—Examples of sup. cantum and part. cantus, canturus, a, um, appear not to be in use; the trace of an earlier use is found in Paul. ex Fest. p. 46 Müll.: canta pro cantata ponebant;

    once canituri,

    Vulg. Apoc. 8, 13), 3, v. n. and a. [cf. kanassô, kanachê, konabos; Germ. Hahn; Engl. chanticleer; kuknos, ciconice; Sanscr. kōkas = duck; Engl. cock], orig. v. n., to produce melodious sounds, whether of men or animals; later, with a designation of the subject-matter of the melody, as v. a., to make something the subject of one ' s singing or playing, to sing of, to celebrate, or make known in song, etc.
    I. A.
    Of men:

    si absurde canat,

    Cic. Tusc. 2, 4, 12; Plin. Ep. 3, 18, 9:

    celebrare dapes canendo,

    Ov. M. 5, 113:

    si velim canere vel voce vel fidibus,

    Cic. Div. 2, 59, 122; Quint. 5, 11, 124; 1, 8, 2; Gell. 19, 9, 3:

    quemadmodum tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 83, 338; cf.:

    tibia canentum,

    Lucr. 4, 587; 5, 1384; Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; Quint. 1, 10, 14:

    curvo calamo,

    Cat. 63, 22:

    harundine,

    Ov. M. 1, 683; Suet. Caes. 32:

    cithara,

    Tac. A. 14, 14:

    lituus quo canitur,

    Cic. Div. 1, 17, 30; Verg. E. 2, 31:

    movit Amphion lapides canendo,

    Hor. C. 3, 11, 2; Serv. ad Verg. G. 2, 417 al.; Cic. Brut. 50, 187.—
    2.
    Of the faulty delivery of an orator, to speak in a sing-song tone:

    inclinată ululantique voce more Asiatico canere,

    Cic. Or. 8, 27; cf. canto and canticum.—
    B.
    Of animals (usu. of birds, but also of frogs), Varr. L. L. 5, § 76 Müll.:

    volucres nullă dulcius arte canant,

    Prop. 1, 2, 14; Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12:

    merula canit aestate, hieme balbutit,

    Plin. 10, 29, 42, § 80; 10, 32, 47, § 89:

    ranae alio translatae canunt,

    id. 8, 58, 83, § 227.—Of the raven, Cic. Div. 1, 7, 12.—Esp., of the crowing of a cock:

    galli victi silere solent, canere victores,

    to crow, Cic. Div. 2, 26, 56; v. the whole section; id. ib. 2, 26, 56, § 57; Col. 8, 2, 11; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 49 (cf. also cantus):

    gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (the crowing of a hen being considered as an auspicium malum),

    Ter. Phorm. 4, 4, 27.—

    In the lang. of the Pythagoreans, of the heavenly bodies (considered as living beings),

    the music of the spheres, Cic. N. D. 3, 11, 27.—
    C.
    Transf., of the instruments by which, or ( poet.) of the places in which, the sounds are produced, to sound, resound:

    canentes tibiae,

    Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

    maestae cecinere tubae,

    Prop. 4 (5), 11, 9:

    frondiferasque novis avibus canere undique silvas,

    and the leafy forest everywhere resounds with young birds, Lucr. 1, 256; Auct. Aetn. 295.
    II. A.
    With carmen, cantilenam, versus, verba, etc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite:

    cum Simonides cecinisset, id carmen, quod in Scopam scripsisset,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 86, 352:

    carmina quae in epulis canuntur,

    id. Brut. 18, 71:

    in eum (Cossum) milites carmina incondita aequantes eum Romulo canere,

    Liv. 4, 20, 2:

    Ascraeum cano carmen,

    Verg. G. 2, 176; Suet. Caes. 49; Curt. 5, 1, 22: canere versus, Enn. ap. Varr. L. L. 7, § 36 Müll. (Ann. v. 222 Vahl.); Cic. Or. 51, 171; id. Brut. 18, 71:

    neniam,

    Suet. Aug. 100: idyllia erôtika, Gell. 19, 9, 4, § 10:

    verba ad certos modos,

    Ov. F. 3, 388:

    Phrygium,

    Quint. 1, 10, 33 Spald.—The homog. noun is rarely made the subject of the act. voice:

    cum in ejus conviviis symphonia caneret,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 3, 44, § 105.—
    2.
    Prov.
    a.
    Carmen intus canere, to sing for one ' s self, i. e. to consult only one ' s own advantage, Cic. Verr. 2, 1, 20, § 53; id. Agr. 2, 26, 68; v. Aspendius.—
    b.
    Cantilenam eandem canis, like the Gr. to auto adeis asma, ever the old tune, Ter. Phorm. 3, 2, 10; v. cantilena.—
    B.
    With definite objects.
    a.
    In gen., to sing, to cause to resound, to celebrate in song, to sing of, Lucr. 5, 328:

    laudes mortui,

    Varr. L. L. 7, § 70 Müll.:

    canere ad tibiam clarorum virorum laudes atque virtutes,

    Cic. Tusc. 4, 2, 3; Quint. 1, 10, 10; 1, 10, 31; Liv. 45, 38, 12:

    puellis carmine modulato laudes virtutum ejus canentibus,

    Suet. Calig. 16 fin.:

    dei laudes,

    Lact. 6, 21, 9:

    deorum laudes,

    Val. Max. 1, 8, ext. 8.—So with de:

    canere ad tibicinem de clarorum hominum virtutibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 3 (cf. cantito):

    praecepta,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 11:

    jam canit effectos extremus vinitor antes,

    Verg. G. 2, 417 Wagn. N. cr.:

    nil dignum sermone,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 4:

    quin etiam canet indoctum,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 9:

    grandia elate, jucunda dulciter, moderata leniter canit,

    Quint. 1, 10, 24; Cat. 63, 11:

    Io! magna voce, Triumphe, canet,

    Tib. 2, 5, 118; Ov. Tr. 4, 2, 52; cf. Hor. C. 4, 2, 47:

    haec super arvorum cultu pecorumque canebam,

    Verg. G. 4, 559 Wagn.: et veterem in limo ranae cecinere querelam, croaked (according to the ancient pronunciation, kekinere kuerelam, an imitation of the Aristophanic Brekekekex; v. the letter C), id. ib. 1, 378; Lucr. 2, 601:

    anser Gallos adesse canebat,

    Verg. A. 8, 656:

    motibus astrorum nunc quae sit causa, canamus,

    Lucr. 5, 510:

    sunt tempestates et fulmina clara canenda,

    id. 6, 84.—
    b.
    With pers. objects ( poet. and in post-Aug. prose):

    canitur adhuc barbaras apud gentes (Arminius),

    Tac. A. 2, 88:

    Herculem... ituri in proelia canunt,

    id. G. 2:

    Dianam,

    Cat. 34, 3:

    deos regesve,

    Hor. C. 4, 2, 13:

    Liberum et Musas Veneremque,

    id. ib. 1, 32, 10:

    rite Latonae puerum,

    id. ib. 4, 6, 37;

    1, 10, 5: plectro graviore Gigantas, Ov M. 10, 150: reges et proelia,

    Verg. E. 6, 3; Hor. C. 4, 15, 32:

    arma virumque,

    Verg. A. 1, 1:

    pugnasque virosque,

    Stat. Th. 8, 553:

    maxima bella et clarissimos duces,

    Quint. 10, 1, 62.—Very rarely, to celebrate, without reference to song or poetry:

    Epicurus in quădam epistulă amicitiam tuam et Metrodori grata commemoratione cecinerat,

    Sen. Ep. 79, 13.—Esp. of fame, to trumpet abroad:

    fama facta atque infecta canit,

    Verg. A. 4, 190:

    fama digna atque indigna canit,

    Val. Fl. 217 al. —And prov., to sing or preach to the deaf:

    non canimus surdis,

    Verg. E. 10, 8: praeceptorum, quae vereor ne vana surdis auribus cecinerim. Liv. 40, 8, 10.—
    C.
    Since the responses of oracles were given in verse, to prophesy, foretell, predict.
    a.
    In poetry:

    Sibylla, Abdita quae senis fata canit pedibus,

    Tib. 2, 5, 16; cf.:

    horrendas ambages,

    Verg. A. 6. 99; 3, [p. 280] 444:

    fera fata,

    Hor. C. 1, 15, 4; cf. id. Epod. 13, 11; id. S. 2, 5, 58; Tib. 1, 7, 1; cf. id. 3, 3, 36; 1, 6, 50; Hor. C. S. 25:

    et mihi jam multi crudele canebant Artificis scelus,

    Verg. A. 2, 124; Hor. S. 1, 9, 30.—
    b.
    In prose:

    ut haec quae nunc fiunt, canere di inmortales viderentur,

    Cic. Cat. 3, 8, 18:

    non haec a me tum tamquam fata... canebantur?

    id. Sest. 21, 47:

    eum, qui ex Thetide natus esset, majorem patre suo futurum cecinisse dicuntur oracula,

    Quint. 3, 7, 11; Just. 11, 7, 4; 7, 6, 1; Tac. A. 2, 54; id. H. 4, 54:

    cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat ad antistitem fani Dianae,

    Liv. 1, 45, 5; 5, 15, 4 sq.; 1, 7, 10; Tac. A. 14, 32; Liv. 30, 28, 2; cf. Nep. Att. 16, 4; cf.

    of philosophers, etc.: ipsa memor praecepta Canam,

    Hor. S. 2, 4, 11 Orell. ad loc.; cf.:

    quaeque diu latuere, canam,

    Ov. M. 15, 147.
    III.
    In milit. lang., t. t., both act. and neutr., of signals, to blow, to sound, to give; or to be sounded, resound.
    A.
    Act.:

    bellicum (lit. and trop.) canere, v. bellicus: classicum, v. classicus: signa canere jubet,

    to give the signal for battle, Sall. C. 59, 1; id. J. 99, 1:

    Pompeius classicum apud eum (sc. Scipionem) cani jubet,

    Caes. B. C. 3, 82.— Absol. without signum, etc.: tubicen canere coepit, Auct. B. Afr. 82; cf. Flor. 4, 2, 66.—
    B.
    Neutr.:

    priusquam signa canerent,

    Liv. 1, 1, 7:

    ut attendant, semel bisne signum canat in castris,

    id. 27, 47, 3 and 5; 23, 16, 12;

    24, 46 (twice): repente a tergo signa canere,

    Sall. J. 94, 5; Liv. 7, 40, 10; Verg. A. 10, 310; Flor. 3, 18, 10:

    classicum apud eos cecinit,

    Liv. 28, 27, 15.—
    2.
    Receptui canere, to sound a retreat:

    Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit (i. e. cani jussit),

    Liv. 27, 47, 2; Tac. H. 2, 26.— Poet.:

    cecinit jussos receptus,

    Ov. M. 1, 340.—And in Livy impers.:

    nisi receptui cecinisset,

    if it had not sounded a counter-march, Liv. 26, 44, 4:

    ut referrent pedem, si receptui cecinisset,

    id. 3, 22, 6.—
    b.
    Trop.:

    revocante et receptui canente senatu,

    Cic. Phil. 12, 3, 8:

    ratio abstrahit ab acerbis cogitationibus a quibus cum cecinit receptui,

    id. Tusc. 3, 15, 33:

    antequam (orator) in has aetatis (sc. senectutis) veniat insidias, receptui canet,

    Quint. 12, 11, 4.
    ► Examples for the signif.
    to practice magic, to charm, etc., found in the derivv. cantus, canto, etc., are entirely wanting in this verb.

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  • 5 canorum

    cănōrus, a, um, adj. [canor], of or pertaining to melody, melodious, harmonious, euphonious; neutr. or act. (of sound, men, animals, instruments, etc.; class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Neutr.:

    profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum,

    flowing language and a melodious voice, Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 28; Tac. A. 4, 61:

    voce suavi et canoră,

    Cic. Brut. 66, 234:

    vox Sirenum,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 311; Petr. 59, 3.—As a fault in delivery, singing, sing-song, droning:

    sine contentione vox, nec languens, nec canora,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133; cf.

    cano, I. A. 2: canoro quodam modo proclamare,

    Quint. 11, 3, 170; Juv. 7, 18:

    hinnitus edere canoros,

    Suet. Ner. 46:

    versus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 76: nugae, mere jingling (Voss), id. A. P. 322: plausus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 175.—As subst.: cănō-rum, i, n., melody, charm, in speaking:

    omnino canorum illud in voce splendescit,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 28.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    Of men:

    canorus orator et volubilis et satis acer,

    Cic. Brut. 27, 105:

    turba,

    Ov. F. 6, 671:

    ut Gaditana canoro Incipiant prurire choro,

    in song and dance, Juv. 11, 162 Web.:

    Triton,

    Ov. M. 2, 8:

    Aeolides, i. e. Misenus,

    id. ib. 14, 102.—
    B.
    Of animals:

    cum hoc animal (gallus) sit canorum suă sponte,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

    aves,

    Verg. G. 2, 328:

    ales, i. e. cygnus,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 15:

    olor,

    Prop. 2 (3), 34, 84:

    Peneus canorus avium concentu,

    Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

    cicadae,

    id. 11, 26, 32, § 92.—
    C.
    Of instruments:

    fides,

    Verg. A. 6, 120; Hor. C. 1, 12, 11:

    aes, i. e. tubae,

    Verg. A. 9, 503; Ov. M. 3, 704:

    chelys,

    Sen. Troad. 325:

    fila lyrae,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 14.— Hence, * adv.: cănōrē, harmoniously:

    musice mundus et canore movetur,

    App. Doctr. Plat. 1; cf. cano, I. B.

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  • 6 canorus

    cănōrus, a, um, adj. [canor], of or pertaining to melody, melodious, harmonious, euphonious; neutr. or act. (of sound, men, animals, instruments, etc.; class. in prose and poetry).
    I.
    Neutr.:

    profluens quiddam habuit Carbo et canorum,

    flowing language and a melodious voice, Cic. de Or. 3, 7, 28; Tac. A. 4, 61:

    voce suavi et canoră,

    Cic. Brut. 66, 234:

    vox Sirenum,

    Ov. A. A. 3, 311; Petr. 59, 3.—As a fault in delivery, singing, sing-song, droning:

    sine contentione vox, nec languens, nec canora,

    Cic. Off. 1, 37, 133; cf.

    cano, I. A. 2: canoro quodam modo proclamare,

    Quint. 11, 3, 170; Juv. 7, 18:

    hinnitus edere canoros,

    Suet. Ner. 46:

    versus,

    Hor. Ep. 2, 2, 76: nugae, mere jingling (Voss), id. A. P. 322: plausus, Claud. Cons. Prob. et Olyb. 175.—As subst.: cănō-rum, i, n., melody, charm, in speaking:

    omnino canorum illud in voce splendescit,

    Cic. Sen. 9, 28.—
    II.
    Act.
    A.
    Of men:

    canorus orator et volubilis et satis acer,

    Cic. Brut. 27, 105:

    turba,

    Ov. F. 6, 671:

    ut Gaditana canoro Incipiant prurire choro,

    in song and dance, Juv. 11, 162 Web.:

    Triton,

    Ov. M. 2, 8:

    Aeolides, i. e. Misenus,

    id. ib. 14, 102.—
    B.
    Of animals:

    cum hoc animal (gallus) sit canorum suă sponte,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

    aves,

    Verg. G. 2, 328:

    ales, i. e. cygnus,

    Hor. C. 2, 20, 15:

    olor,

    Prop. 2 (3), 34, 84:

    Peneus canorus avium concentu,

    Plin. 4, 8, 15, § 31:

    cicadae,

    id. 11, 26, 32, § 92.—
    C.
    Of instruments:

    fides,

    Verg. A. 6, 120; Hor. C. 1, 12, 11:

    aes, i. e. tubae,

    Verg. A. 9, 503; Ov. M. 3, 704:

    chelys,

    Sen. Troad. 325:

    fila lyrae,

    Claud. Rapt. Pros. 2, praef. 14.— Hence, * adv.: cănōrē, harmoniously:

    musice mundus et canore movetur,

    App. Doctr. Plat. 1; cf. cano, I. B.

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  • 7 numerosus

    nŭmĕrōsus, a, um, adj. [numerus].
    I.
    Consisting of a great number, numerous, manifold (post-Aug.):

    numerosa pubes,

    Val. Fl. 5, 40:

    partus,

    Plin. 11, 40, 95, § 233:

    numerosā caede futuram ultus mortem,

    Sil. 10, 172:

    herba radice magnā, numerosa,

    Plin. 21, 24, 95, § 167:

    civitas, numerosissima provinciae totius,

    the most populous, Tac. Agr. 17:

    numerosissima florum varietas, Plin, 35, 11, 40, § 125: numerosissima suffragia,

    id. 7, 28, 29, § 101:

    classis,

    Juv. 7, 151:

    excelsae turris tabulata,

    id. 10, 106:

    copiosa et numerosa domus,

    Plin. Ep. 4, 15, 4:

    debitor arcae,

    Mart. 3, 31, 3; id. 4, 1, 3:

    pullus equinus lato et musculorum toris numeroso pectore,

    Col. 6, 29, 2; so,

    feminibus torosis ac numerosis,

    id. ib.:

    pictor diligentior quam numerosior,

    who is more accurate than prolific, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 130:

    gymnasium longe numerosius laxiusque,

    more extensive, with more wings, Plin. Ep. 10, 48, 4:

    numerosa tabula,

    a painting with many figures, Plin. 35, 11, 40, § 138:

    numerosum opus,

    of various contents, Quint. 5, 10, 10:

    sermo,

    id. 8, 6, 64:

    pectus,

    Col. 6, 9, 2: numerosa res means variously accomplished, having a knowledge of many things:

    RES NVMEROSA FVI,

    Inscr. Grut. 655, 3.—
    II.
    Full of rhythm or harmony, according to rhythm, measured, rhythmical, harmonious, melodious (class.):

    numerosaque bracchia ducit,

    Ov. Am. 2, 4, 29:

    numerosos ponere gressus (al. gestus),

    id. P. 4, 2, 33: numerosa oratio, rhythmical, melodious: si numerosum est id in omnibus sonis atque vocibus, quod habet quasdam impressiones et quod metiri possumus intervallis aequalibus;

    recte, etc.,

    Cic. de Or. 3, 48, 185:

    apta et numerosa oratio,

    id. Or. 50; 52:

    numerosus Horatius,

    Ov. Tr. 4, 10, 49:

    Myron numerosior in arte, quam Polycletus,

    more harmonious, Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 58. —Hence, adv., in two forms.
    1. A.
    Numerously, multifariously (not in Cic.):

    numerosius onerare,

    Col. 4, 21, 2:

    numerosius dividere,

    Plin. 33, 3, 19, § 61. — Sup.:

    familias numerosissime comparant,

    App. de Deo Socr. p. 54, 14:

    sententias versare quam numerosissime,

    Quint. 10, 5, 9:

    numerose loqui,

    to speak in the plural number, Tert. adv. Prax. 12.—
    B.
    Rhythmically, harmoniously, melodiously (class.):

    fidiculae numerose sonantes?

    Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22:

    (sententia) cadit numerose,

    id. Brut. 8, 34:

    numerose dicere,

    id. Or. 66, 221; 65, 219; 62, 210:

    numerosius dicere,

    Gell. 7, 3, 53.—
    2.
    nŭmĕrōsĭter, rhythmically, harmoniously, melodiously, Arn. 2, 73.

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  • 8 canō

        canō cecinī, —, ere (P. perf. supplied by canto)    [1 CAN-].    I. Intrans, to utter melodious notes, make music, sing, sound, play.—Of men: celebrare dapes canendo, O.: tibicen sine tibiis canere non possit: harundine, O.: imitari Pana canendo, V.: Movit Amphion lapides canendo, H.: ad tibicinem de virtutibus, etc.: ululanti voce more Asiatic<*> canere, to chant, use sing-song.—Prov.: non canimus surdis, preach to the deaf, V.—Of birds, etc.: galli victi silere solent, canere victores, to crow: gallina cecinit, interdixit hariolus (a bad omen), T.—Of the owl, to hoot, V.—Meton., of instruments or a piece of music, to sound, resound, be played: canentes tibiae: cum in conviviis symphonia caneret: maestae tubae, Pr.—Of signals, to sound, be sounded, resound: semel bisne signum canat in castris, L.: repente a tergo signa canere, S.: Signa canunt, V.: classicum apud eos cecinit, L.: receptui canere, to sound a retreat, Cs.: Hasdrubal receptui propere cecinit, L.: nisi receptui cecinisset, sounded a counter-march, L.—Fig.: revocante et receptui canente senatu.—    II. Trans. with cognate acc., to sing, play, rehearse, recite, compose: id carmen: in eum carmina incondita, L.: versūs: verba ad certos modos, O.: praecepta, H.: indoctum, H.: Haec super arvorum cultu, V. — Of frogs: veterem querellam, croaked, V. — Prov.: Cantilenam eandem canis, ever the old tune, T.—With definite obj, to sing, celebrate in song, sing of, praise: virorum laudes: suas laudes, L.: reges et proelia, V.: Quas strages Turnus Ediderit, V.: Herculem, Ta.: Liberum et Musas, H.: plectro graviore Gigantas, O.: arma virumque, V.: (fama) facta atque infecta canit, trumpets, V.—Prov.: vana surdis auribus, L.—Of oracles or diviners, to give response (in verse), prophesy, foretell, predict, utter: horrendas ambages, V.: fera fata, H.: Artificis scelus, V.: haec quae nunc fiunt: Sibylla quae senis fata canit pedibus, Tb.: te mater aucturum caelestium numerum cecinit, L.: quae nunc usu veniunt, N.: Hoc signum cecinit missuram creatrix (sc. se), V.: quaeque diu latuere, O.: cecinere vates, idque carmen pervenerat, etc., L. — Of signals, to blow, sound, give: tubicines signa canere, give the signal for battle, S.: classicum apud eum cani iubet, Cs.: bellicum, call to arms: Gallos adesse, signalled, V.—Poet.: (bucina) cecinit iussos receptūs, O.
    * * *
    I
    canere, cani, canitus V
    sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell
    II
    canere, cecini, cantus V
    sing, celebrate, chant; crow; recite; play (music)/sound (horn); foretell

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  • 9 cantō

        cantō āvī, ātus, āre. freq.    [cano].    I. Intrans., of men, to produce melodious sounds, sound, sing, play: Pamphilam Cantatum provocemus, T.: saltare et cantare: Arcades ambo Et cantare pares, V.: cantando victus, V.: non est Cantandum, i. e. there is no occasion for fiction, Iu.: structis avenis, O.: ad chordarum sonum, N.: tibiis, N.: ad manum histrioni, to accompany the actor, L.: gallis signum dedisse cantandi, to crow.—Of instruments, to sound, resound: Cantabat fanis, cantabat tibia ludis, O. —    II. Trans., with cognate acc., to sing, play, recite: Hymenaeum, T.: haec versibus isdem, drawl, Iu.: Nil praeter Calvum (i. e. Calvi carmina), H.: cantatum carmen, an incantation, O. —With definite obj., to sing, celebrate, praise in song<*> amicam, H.: proelia virginum, H.: Pythia (sc. certamina), H.: deum, Tb.: cantari dignus, V.—To reiterate, harp upon, warn against: harum mores, T.: istum Caesarem: totā cantabitur urbe, become a byword, H.—To use enchantments, practise incantations, enchant, charm: cantando rumpitur anguis, V.: cantata Luna, exorcised by magic, Pr.
    * * *
    I
    cantare, cantavi, cantatus V
    sing; play (roles/music); recite; praise, celebrate; forewarn; enchant, bewitch
    II

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  • 10 benesonans

    (gen.), benesonantis ADJ
    melodious, sweet-sounding; loud

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  • 11 Dives dives

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  • 12 Garrulax canorus

    —
    3. ENG melodious [hwamei] laughing thrush, hwamei
    4. DEU Augenbrauenhäherling m, Chinesische Spottdrossel f
    5. FRA garrulaxe m Hoamey

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  • 13 Hippolais polyglotta

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  • 14 Tiaris canora

    —
    3. ENG Cuban [melodious] grassquit
    4. DEU Kuba-Fink m, Klein-Kubafink m
    5. FRA —

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  • 15 arguo

    argŭo, ŭi, ūtum (ŭĭtum, hence arguiturus, Sall. Fragm. ap. Prisc. p. 882 P.), 3, v. a. [cf. argês, white; argos, bright; Sanscr. árgunas, bright; ragatas, white; and rag, to shine (v. argentum and argilla); after the same analogy we have clarus, bright; and claro, to make bright, to make evident; and the Engl. clear, adj., and to clear = to make clear; v. Curt. p. 171].
    I.
    A.. In gen., to make clear, to show, prove, make known, declare, assert, mênuein:

    arguo Eam me vidisse intus,

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 3, 66:

    non ex auditu arguo,

    id. Bacch. 3, 3, 65:

    M. Valerius Laevinus... speculatores, non legatos, venisse arguebat,

    Liv. 30, 23:

    degeneres animos timor arguit,

    Verg. A. 4, 13:

    amantem et languor et silentium Arguit,

    Hor. Epod. 11, 9; id. C. 1, 13, 7.— Pass., in a mid. signif.:

    apparet virtus arguiturque malis,

    makes itself known, Ov. Tr. 4, 3, 80:

    laudibus arguitur vini vinosus Homerus,

    betrays himself, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 6.—
    B.
    Esp.
    a.
    With aliquem, to attempt to show something, in one's case, against him, to accuse, reprove, censure, charge with: Indicāsse est detulisse;

    arguisse accusāsse et convicisse,

    Dig. 50, 16, 197 (cf. Fest. p. 22: Argutum iri in discrimen vocari): tu delinquis, ego arguar pro malefactis? Enn. (as transl. of Eurip. Iphig. Aul. 384: Eit egô dikên dô sôn kakôn ho mê sphaleis) ap. Rufin. §

    37: servos ipsos neque accuso neque arguo neque purgo,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 41, 120:

    Pergin, sceleste, intendere hanc arguere?

    Plaut. Mil. 2, 4, 27; 2, 2, 32:

    hae tabellae te arguunt,

    id. Bacch. 4, 6, 10:

    an hunc porro tactum sapor arguet oris?

    Lucr. 4, 487:

    quod adjeci, non ut arguerem, sed ne arguerer,

    Vell. 2, 53, 4:

    coram aliquem arguere,

    Liv. 43, 5:

    apud praefectum,

    Tac. A. 14, 41:

    (Deus) arguit te heri,

    Vulg. Gen. 31, 42; ib. Lev. 19, 17; ib. 2 Tim. 4, 2; ib. Apoc. 3, 19 al.—
    b.
    With the cause of complaint in the gen.; abl. with or without de; with in with abl.; with acc.; with a clause as object; or with ut (cf. Ramsh. p. 326; Zumpt, § 446).
    (α).
    With gen.:

    malorum facinorum,

    Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (cf. infra, argutus, B. 2.):

    aliquem probri, Stupri, dedecoris,

    id. Am. 3, 2, 2:

    viros mortuos summi sceleris,

    Cic. Rab. Perd. 9, 26:

    aliquem tanti facinoris,

    id. Cael. 1:

    criminis,

    Tac. H. 1, 48:

    furti me arguent,

    Vulg. Gen. 30, 33; ib. Eccl. 11, 8:

    repetundarum,

    Tac. A. 3, 33:

    occupandae rei publicae,

    id. ib. 6, 10:

    neglegentiae,

    Suet. Caes. 53:

    noxae,

    id. Aug. 67:

    veneni in se comparati,

    id. Tib. 49:

    socordiae,

    id. Claud. 3:

    mendacii,

    id. Oth. 10:

    timoris,

    Verg. A. 11, 384:

    sceleris arguemur,

    Vulg. 4 Reg. 7, 9; ib. Act. 19, 40 al.—
    (β).
    With abl.:

    te hoc crimine non arguo,

    Cic. Verr. 2, 5, 18; Nep. Paus. 3 fin. —
    (γ).
    With de:

    de eo crimine, quo de arguatur,

    Cic. Inv 2, 11, 37:

    de quibus quoniam verbo arguit, etc.,

    id. Rosc. Am. 29 fin.:

    Quis arguet me de peccato?

    Vulg. Joan. 8, 46; 16, 8.—
    (δ).
    With in with abl. (eccl. Lat.):

    non in sacrificiis tuis arguam te,

    Vulg. Psa. 49, 8.—
    (ε).
    With acc.: quid undas Arguit et liquidam molem camposque natantīs? of what does he impeach the waves? etc., quid being here equivalent to cujus or de quo, Lucr. 6, 405 Munro.—
    (ζ).
    With an inf.-clause as object:

    quae (mulier) me arguit Hanc domo ab se subripuisse,

    Plaut. Men. 5, 2, 62; id. Mil. 2, 4, 36:

    occidisse patrem Sex. Roscius arguitur,

    Cic. Rosc. Am. 13, 37:

    auctor illius injuriae fuisse arguebatur?

    id. Verr. 2, 1, 33:

    qui sibimet vim ferro intulisse arguebatur,

    Suet. Claud. 16; id. Ner. 33; id. Galb. 7:

    me Arguit incepto rerum accessisse labori,

    Ov. M. 13, 297; 15, 504.—
    (η).
    With ut, as in Gr. hôs (post-Aug. and rare), Suet. Ner. 7:

    hunc ut dominum et tyrannum, illum ut proditorem arguentes,

    as being master and tyrant, Just. 22, 3.—
    II.
    Transf. to the thing.
    1.
    To accuse, censure, blame:

    ea culpa, quam arguo,

    Liv. 1, 28:

    peccata coram omnibus argue,

    Vulg. 1 Tim. 5, 20:

    tribuni plebis dum arguunt in C. Caesare regni voluntatem,

    Vell. 2, 68; Suet. Tit. 5 fin.:

    taciturnitatem pudoremque quorumdam pro tristitiā et malignitate arguens,

    id. Ner. 23; id. Caes. 75:

    arguebat et perperam editos census,

    he accused of giving a false statement of property, census, id. Calig. 38:

    primusque animalia mensis Arguit imponi,

    censured, taught that it was wrong, Ov. M. 15, 73:

    ut non arguantur opera ejus,

    Vulg. Joan. 3, 20.—
    2.
    Trop., to denounce as false:

    quod et ipsum Fenestella arguit,

    Suet. Vit. Ter. p. 292 Roth.—With reference to the person, to refute, confute:

    aliquem,

    Suet. Calig. 8.—Hence, argūtus, a, um, P. a.
    A.
    Of physical objects, clear.
    1.
    To the sight, bright, glancing, lively:

    manus autem minus arguta, digitis subsequens verba, non exprimens,

    not too much in motion, Cic. de Or. 3, 59, 220 (cf. id. Or. 18, 59: nullae argutiae digitorum, and Quint. 11, 3, [p. 160] 119-123):

    manus inter agendum argutae admodum et gestuosae,

    Gell. 1, 5, 2:

    et oculi nimis arguti, quem ad modum animo affecti sumus, loquuntur,

    Cic. Leg. 1, 9, 27:

    ocelli,

    Ov. Am. 3, 3, 9; 3, 2, 83:

    argutum caput,

    a head graceful in motion, Verg. G. 3, 80 (breve, Servius, but this idea is too prosaic): aures breves et argutae, ears that move quickly (not stiff, rigid), Pall. 4, 13, 2:

    argutā in soleā,

    in the neat sandal, Cat. 68, 72.—
    2.
    a.. To the hearing, clear, penetrating, piercing, both of pleasant and disagreeable sounds, clear-sounding, sharp, noisy, rustling, whizzing, rattling, clashing, etc. (mostly poet.): linguae, Naev. ap. Non. p. 9, 24:

    aves,

    Prop. 1, 18, 30:

    hirundo,

    chirping, Verg. G. 1, 377:

    olores,

    tuneful, id. E. 9, 36: ilex, murmuring, rustling (as moved by the wind), id. ib. 7, 1:

    nemus,

    id. ib. 8, 22 al.—Hence, a poet. epithet of the musician and poet, clear-sounding, melodious:

    Neaera,

    Hor. C. 3, 14, 21:

    poëtae,

    id. Ep. 2, 2, 90:

    fama est arguti Nemesis formosa Tibullus,

    Mart. 8, 73, 7: forum, full of bustle or din, noisy, Ov. A.A. 1, 80:

    serra,

    grating, Verg. G. 1, 143:

    pecten,

    rattling, id. ib. 1, 294; id. A. 7, 14 (cf. in Gr. kerkis aoidos, Aristoph. Ranae, v. 1316) al.—Hence, of rattling, prating, verbose discourse:

    sine virtute argutum civem mihi habeam pro preaeficā, etc.,

    Plaut. Truc. 2, 6, 14:

    [Neque mendaciloquom neque adeo argutum magis],

    id. Trin. 1, 2, 163 Ritschl.—
    b.
    Trop., of written communications, rattling, wordy, verbose:

    obviam mihi litteras quam argutissimas de omnibus rebus crebro mittas,

    Cic. Att. 6, 5: vereor, ne tibi nimium arguta haec sedulitas videatur, Cael. ap. Cic. Fam. 8, 1. — Transf. to omens, clear, distinct, conclusive, clearly indicative, etc.:

    sunt qui vel argutissima haec exta esse dicant,

    Cic. Div. 2, 12 fin.:

    non tibi candidus argutum sternuit omen Amor?

    Prop. 2, 3, 24.—
    3.
    To the smell; sharp, pungent:

    odor argutior,

    Plin. 15, 3, 4, § 18.—
    4.
    To the taste; sharp, keen, pungent:

    sapor,

    Pall. 3, 25, 4; 4, 10, 26.—
    B.
    Of mental qualities.
    1.
    In a good sense, bright, acute, sagacious, witty:

    quis illo (sc. Catone) acerbior in vituperando? in sententiis argutior?

    Cic. Brut. 17, 65:

    orator,

    id. ib. 70, 247:

    poëma facit ita festivum, ita concinnum, ita elegans, nihil ut fieri possit argutius,

    id. Pis. 29; so,

    dicta argutissima,

    id. de Or. 2, 61, 250:

    sententiae,

    id. Opt. Gen. 2:

    acumen,

    Hor. A. P. 364:

    arguto ficta dolore queri,

    dexterously-feigned pain, Prop. 1, 18, 26 al. —
    2.
    In a bad sense, sly, artful, cunning:

    meretrix,

    Hor. S. 1, 10, 40: calo. id. Ep. 1, 14, 42:

    milites,

    Veg. Mil. 3, 6.—As a pun: ecquid argutus est? is he cunning? Ch. Malorum facinorum saepissime (i.e. has been accused of), Plaut. Ps. 2, 4, 56 (v. supra, I. B. a.).—Hence, adv.: argūtē (only in the signif. of B.).
    a.
    Subtly, acutely:

    respondere,

    Cic. Cael. 8:

    conicere,

    id. Brut. 14, 53:

    dicere,

    id. Or. 28, 98.— Comp.:

    dicere,

    Cic. Brut. 11, 42.— Sup.:

    de re argutissime disputare,

    Cic. de Or. 2, 4, 18.—
    b.
    Craftily:

    obrepere,

    Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 132; Arn. 5, p. 181.

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  • 16 canto

    canto, āvi, ātum, 1, v. n. and a. [cano], freq. in form, but mostly agrees in meaning with cano.
    I.
    Neutr., to produce melodious sounds (by the voice or an instrument), to sound, sing, play (class. in prose and poetry; rare in Cic.).
    A.
    Of men:

    Pamphilam Cantatum provocemus,

    Ter. Eun. 3, 1, 53:

    saltare et cantare,

    Cic. Cat. 2, 10, 23:

    neque enim vocum suavitate videntur aut novitate quădam cantandi revocare eos solitae (sirenes),

    id. Fin. 5, 18, 49:

    Arcades ambo Et cantare pares,

    Verg. E. 7, 5; 10, 32:

    cantando victus,

    id. ib. 3, 21; Tib. 2, 1, 66:

    adimam cantare severis,

    Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 9:

    ut (cantores) numquam inducant animum cantare rogati,

    id. S. 1, 3, 2; Suet. Tit. 3: non est Cantandum, there is no occasion for singing, i. e. for imagination, fiction, Juv. 4, 35.—Of an actor:

    cantante eo (Nerone) ne necessariă quidem causă excedere theatro licitum erat,

    Suet. Ner. 23; 20; id. Vesp. 4 al.; cf.

    under II. B. 2.: conducta veni, ut fidibus cantarem seni,

    Plaut. Ep. 3, 4, 64:

    structis avenis,

    Ov. M. 1, 677:

    ad chordarum sonum,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 1.—Less freq. of instrumental music, and only with abl. of the instrument (cf. cano):

    tibiis,

    Nep. Epam. 2, 1; id. ib. praef. § 1; Vulg. Luc. 7, 32:

    lituo, tubă,

    Gell. 20, 2, 2:

    calamo,

    Sen. Ben. 4, 6, 5: ad manum histrioni, in comedy, to sing and play while the actor accompanies the song with gestures or dancing, Liv. 7, 2, 10; cf. Val. Max. 2, 4, 4.— Pass. impers.:

    in caelo cantatur et psallitur,

    Arn. 3, 21.—Prov.:

    surdo,

    Prop. 4 (5), 8, 47, and ad surdas aures, Ov. Am. 3, 7, 61, to preach to deaf ears; cf. cano, II. B.—
    2.
    Of the singing pronunciation of an orator, to declaim in a singing tone, to sing, drawl: si cantas, male cantas, si legis, cantas, C. Caesar ap. Quint. 1, 8, 2; 11, 1, 56; 11, 3, 57; 11, 3, 58; 11, 3, 59; 11, 3, 60; cf. Juv. 10, 178.—Hence, to recite, declaim:

    quaecumque sedens modo legerat, haec eadem... cantabit versibus isdem,

    Juv. 7, 153.—
    B.
    Of birds and fowls:

    prius quam galli cantent,

    crow, Plaut. Mil. 3, 1, 96; so,

    deos gallis signum dedisse cantandi,

    Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57:

    cantantes aves,

    Prop. 4 (5), 9, 30.—
    C.
    Transf., of instruments, to sound, resound:

    pastoris bucina cantat,

    Prop. 4 (5), 10, 30:

    cantabat fanis, cantabat tibia ludis,

    Ov. F. 6, 659 sq. —
    II. A.
    With the song itself, carmen, versus, etc., as object, to sing, play, recite:

    carmina non prius Audita canto,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 4:

    rustica verba,

    Tib. 2, 1, 52:

    Hymen cantatus,

    Ov. H. 12, 137; cf.:

    Hymenaeum qui cantent,

    Ter. Ad. 5, 7, 7:

    obscena,

    Ov. F. 3, 676.—
    B.
    With particular persons or things, the subjects of song, as objects, to sing, to celebrate or praise in song, sing of, write poetry upon, etc.:

    celebrem deum,

    Tib. 2, 1, 83:

    absentem amicam,

    Hor. S. 1, 5, 15:

    rivos,

    id. C. 2, 19, 11:

    convivia, proelia virginum,

    id. ib. 1, 6, 19:

    Augusti tropaea,

    id. ib. 2, 9, 19:

    Pythia (sc. certamina),

    id. A. P. 414:

    cantari dignus,

    Verg. E. 5, 54:

    per totum cantabimur orbem,

    Ov. Am. 1, 3, 25; 2, 17, 33; cf.:

    illa meis multum cantata libellis,

    Mart. 9, 50, 1:

    cantatus Achilles,

    Ov. Am. 2, 1, 29:

    laudes tuas,

    id. F. 2, 658. —Esp.,
    2.
    Of an actor, to represent a part, to act (cf. supra, I. A.):

    cantavit (Nero) Orestem matricidam, Oedipodem excaecatum, etc.,

    Suet. Ner. 21:

    Nioben,

    id. ib. 21:

    tragoedias,

    id. ib. 21:

    fabulam,

    id. ib. 46 fin.:

    epinicia,

    id. ib. 43 fin. —
    C.
    Hence, because the oracles were of old uttered in verse, of any mysterious, prophetic, or warning utterance, to predict, warn, point out, indicate, make known, say:

    vera cantas? vana vellem,

    Plaut. Most. 4, 2, 64. —Of inanimate things:

    urna haec litterata est: ab se cantat cuja sit,

    Plaut. Rud. 2, 5, 21:

    civi inmoeni scin quid cantari solet?

    id. Trin. 2, 2, 69; id. Bacch. 4, 9, 61.—
    2.
    To bring something repeatedly to recollection, to reiterate, harp upon, forewarn of or against:

    haec dies noctes canto, ut caveas,

    Plaut. Trin. 2, 2, 12:

    harum mores,

    Ter. Heaut. 2, 3, 19:

    nam, ut scis, jam pridem istum canto Caesarem,

    Cic. Q. Fr. 2, 11 (13), 1:

    quid fati provida cantet avis,

    Tib. 2, 5, 12:

    quae me juvene utique cantare solebant,

    Quint. 8, 3, 76.—
    III.
    In the lang. of religion, as v. n. or a., to use enchantments, charms, incantations, to enchant, to charm, Cato, R. R. 160, 1; Varr. R. R. 1, 2, 27:

    frigidus in pratis cantando rumpitur anguis,

    Verg. E. 8, 71:

    cantata Luna,

    exorcised by magic, Prop. 4 (5), 5, 13:

    falx,

    Ov. H. 6, 84:

    herbae,

    id. M. 7, 98:

    ignis,

    Sil. 1, 430:

    tum quoque cantato densetur carmine caelum,

    an incantation, Ov. M. 14, 369.—
    B.
    To call forth, produce by charms:

    et chelydris cantare soporem,

    Sil. 8, 498:

    cantata umbra,

    Luc. 6, 767.

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  • 17 cantus

    cantus, ūs, m. [id.], the production of melodious sound, a musical utterance or expression, either with voice or instrument; hence, song, singing, playing, music (while carmen is prop. the contents or substance of the song, etc.; cf.:

    qui enim cantus moderatā oratione dulcior invenire potest? Quod carmen artificiosā conclusione aptius?

    Cic. de Or. 2, 8, 34).
    I.
    In gen.
    A.
    Of persons.
    1.
    With the voice, a singing, song; in full, cantus vocum, Cic. Rosc. Am. 46, 134:

    fit etiam saepe vocum gravitate et cantibus ut pellantur animi, etc.,

    id. Div. 1, 36, 80:

    cantus vocis juvat sociatā nervorum concordiā,

    Quint. 5, 10, 124:

    oris,

    id. 11, 3, [p. 282] 23:

    Sirenum,

    Cic. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Quint. 5, 8, 1; cf. Juv. 9, 150:

    comissationes, cantus, symphoniae,

    Cic. Cael. 15, 35; id. Verr. 2, 5, 13, § 31; id. Fin. 5, 18, 49; Lucr. 5, 1406:

    felices cantus ore sonante dedit,

    Tib. 3, 4, 40:

    cantu tremulo (i.e. voce anili),

    Hor. C. 4, 13, 5:

    praecipe lugubres Cantus,

    id. ib. 1, 24, 3:

    longum cantu solata laborem,

    Verg. G. 1, 293; cf.:

    est etiam in dicendo quidam cantus obscurior,

    musical play of voice, Cic. Or. 17, 57.—
    2.
    With instruments, a playing, music:

    in nervorum vocumque cantibus,

    Cic. Tusc. 1, 2, 4; id. Rosc. Am. 46, 134:

    citharae,

    Hor. C. 3, 1, 20:

    horribili stridebat tibia cantu,

    Cat. 64, 264:

    querulae tibiae,

    Hor. C. 3, 7, 30:

    dulcis tibia cantu,

    Tib. 1, 7, 47:

    bucinarum,

    Cic. Mur. 9, 22:

    simul ac tubarum est auditus cantus,

    Liv. 25, 24, 5:

    lyrae,

    Plin. 34, 8, 19, § 72:

    tibicines, qui fidibus utuntur, suo arbitrio cantus numerosque moderantur,

    Cic. Tusc. 5, 36, 104:

    cantu tubarum convocare concilium, Auct. B. G. 8, 20: raucisonoque mi-nantur cornua cantu,

    Lucr. 2, 619:

    rauco strepuerunt cornua cantu,

    Verg. A. 8, 2.—

    Of an actor: tardiores tibicinis modos et cantus remissiores facere,

    Cic. de Or. 1, 60, 254.—
    B.
    Of birds, etc.:

    raucisoni cantus,

    Lucr. 5, 1084:

    cantus avium et volatus,

    Cic. Div. 1, 42, 94; Hor. C. 3, 1, 20; App. Flor. 2, p. 349:

    volucrum,

    Quint. 10, 3, 24.—Of the nightingale, Phaedr. 3, 18, 2; Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81.—Of the cock, a crowing: (galli) favent faucibus russis cantu plausuque premunt alas, Enn. ap. Cic. Div. 2, 26, 57 (Trag. Rel. v. 251 Vahl.); Cic. Mur. 9, 22; id. Div. 2, 26, 56:

    sub galli cantum,

    at daybreak, cock-crowing, Hor. S. 1, 1, 10:

    vigil ales cristati cantibus oris Evocat Auroram,

    Ov. M. 11, 597; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 46; Quint. 11, 3, 51:

    fulix fundens e gutture cantus, Cic. Div, poët. 1, 8, 14: perdix testata gaudia cantu est,

    Ov. M. 8, 238:

    seros exercet noctua cantus,

    Verg. G. 1, 403:

    (cycni) cantus dedere,

    id. A. 1, 398.—
    II.
    Esp.
    A.
    Prophetic or oracular song:

    veridicos Parcae coeperunt edere cantus,

    Cat. 64, 306; cf. Tib. 1, 8, 4.—
    B.
    An incantation, charm, magic song, etc.: cantusque artesque magorum. Ov. M. 7, 195; 7, 201:

    at cantu commotae Erebi de sedibus imis Umbrae ibant,

    Verg. G. 4, 471:

    magici,

    Col. 10, 367:

    Haemoniis agitare cantibus umbras,

    Val. Fl. 6, 448:

    amores Cantibus solvere,

    Tib. 1, 2, 60; 1, 2, 45; 1, 2, 53:

    cantus e curru Lunam deducere tentat,

    id. 1, 8, 19; 4, 1, 63; 4, 4, 10; Ov. H. 12, 167; id. M. 4, 49.

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  • 18 luscinia

    luscĭnĭa, ae, f. ( luscĭnĭus, ĭi, m., Phaedr. 3, 18, 2 and 11; Sen. Ep. 76, 7; and, † luscĭnus, i, m., = aêdôn, Gloss. Lat. Gr.) [for clus-cinia; Sanscr. root cru, to hear; Gr. kluô; Lat. clueo, to be famous, akin to gloria and cano;

    hence, the melodious or glorious songstress],

    the nightingale, Plin. 10, 29, 43, § 81 sq.:

    luscinias soliti impenso prandere coëmptas,

    Hor. S. 2, 3, 245:

    vox luscinii,

    Sen. Ep. 76, 9.

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  • 19 Melicus

    1.
    mĕlĭcus, a, um, adj., = melikos, musical, tuneful, melodious:

    sonores,

    Lucr. 5, 334.—
    II.
    In partic., lyric, lyrical:

    poëma,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 1, 1.—
    B.
    Subst.:
    1.
    mĕlĭcus, i, m., a lyric poet:

    Simonides melicus,

    Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 89; 7, 56, 57, § 192.—
    2.
    mĕlĭca, ae, f., a lyric poem, ode, Petr. 64.
    2.
    Mēlĭcus, a, um, adj., in vulg. lang. for Medicus, Median:

    gallinae,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19; Col. 8, 2, 4; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 48.

    Lewis & Short latin dictionary > Melicus

  • 20 melicus

    1.
    mĕlĭcus, a, um, adj., = melikos, musical, tuneful, melodious:

    sonores,

    Lucr. 5, 334.—
    II.
    In partic., lyric, lyrical:

    poëma,

    Cic. Opt. Gen. Or. 1, 1.—
    B.
    Subst.:
    1.
    mĕlĭcus, i, m., a lyric poet:

    Simonides melicus,

    Plin. 7, 24, 24, § 89; 7, 56, 57, § 192.—
    2.
    mĕlĭca, ae, f., a lyric poem, ode, Petr. 64.
    2.
    Mēlĭcus, a, um, adj., in vulg. lang. for Medicus, Median:

    gallinae,

    Varr. R. R. 3, 9, 19; Col. 8, 2, 4; Plin. 10, 21, 24, § 48.

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