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cantātĭo, ōnis, f. [canto; lit. a singing, a playing; hence, abstr. pro concr.].

  1. I. Music, song, mentioned by Varr. L. L. 6, 7, § 75 Müll.: animum cantationibus permulcere, App. M. 2, p. 125; Vulg. Psa. 70, 6 (but in Plaut. Stich. 5, 5, 19, the true reading is cantionem, Fleck.).
  2. * II. A charm, spell, incantation, Firm. Math. 3, 6.

cantātor, ōris, m. [canto; lit. a singing, a playing; hence, abstr. pro concr.], a musician, singer, minstrel (mentioned by Varr. L. L. 8, § 57 Müll.): vetus et nobilior Ario cantator fidibus fuit, Gell. 16, 19 (transl. of the Gr. κιθαρὡδός, Herod. 1, 23 Bähr): cantator cygnus funeris ipse sui, Mart. 13, 77.

cantātrix, īcis, f. adj. [cantator] (postclass.).

  1. I. Musical, singing: choreae, Claud. B. Gild. 448.
    Subst.: cantātrix, īcis, f., a female singer, Vulg. 2 Reg. 19, 35; cf. Prisc. p. 1225 P.
  2. II. Using enchantments: anus, App. M. 2, p. 128, 1: aniculae, id. ib. 2, p. 123, 25.