Lewis & Short

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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.