verb transitive intransitive

in-canto

2nd PP in-cantāre · 3rd PP in-cantāvi · 4th PP in-cantātum · conj. 1st

To sing •

To sing in, with dat.: passer incantans saepiculae (i. e. in saepicula), App. M. 8, p. 210, 26. —

in particular

To say over; mutter; chant a magic formula

To say over, mutter, or chant a magic formula against some one: QVI MALVM CARMEN INCANTASSET, Fragm. XII. Tab. ap. Plin. 28, 2, 4, § 17.—

by extension

To consecrate with charms; spells •

To consecrate with charms or spells: incantata vincula, lovelcnots, Hor. S. 1, 8, 49.—

To bewitch; enchant •

To bewitch, enchant: quaesisti, quod mihi emolumentum fuerit incantandi (sc. illam)? App. Mag. p. 305: incantata mulier, id. ib.: pileum vetitis artibus, Amm. 14, 7, 7.

Perseus ID: n22265 Key: incanto