carmen

Etymology 1
According to its earlier form was casmen, but it may be from, from , from  (whence ). Similar to for *genmen.

Alternative etymology connects, to , relating it to 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. See,. Compare 🇨🇬.

Noun

 * 1)   song, tune
 * 2) a composition in verse, a poem; poetry, verse, song
 * 3) poem, poetry strictly any poem or poetry that can be sung, verse esp. lyric or epic verse
 * 4) incantation, charm, spell
 * 5) play, playing of music
 * 6) prayer refers to prayers being composed in verse
 * 7) formula refers to the formula of verse found in ancient prayers or magical spells
 * 8)  oracle infrequent but used to refer to the poetic form in which prophecies were spoken
 * 9) ritual involving verse
 * 1) formula refers to the formula of verse found in ancient prayers or magical spells
 * 2)  oracle infrequent but used to refer to the poetic form in which prophecies were spoken
 * 3) ritual involving verse

Usage notes
The difference between carmen and when signifying "song" is that carmen is used more frequently in poetry, whereas cantus is used more frequently in prose.

Descendants

 * (through Old French)

Etymology 2
From, from +. Cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. Equivalent to.

Noun

 * 1) card for flax or wool

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Cat:Latin terms suffixed with -men

Etymology
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