incanto

• IPA^(key): /inˈkan.to/
• Rhymes: -anto
• Hyphenation: in‧càn‧to

incanto m (plural incanti)

1. spell, charm, enchantment, fascination, magic

   Synonyms: incantesimo, magia, sortilegio, meraviglia

   • 1959, “Love in Portofino”, L. Chiosso, F. Buscaglione (lyrics), performed by Dalida:

     Nel dolce incanto del mattino / il mare ti ha portato a me.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• incantare

incanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of incantare

incanto m (plural incanti)

1. auction

   Synonym: asta

• incantare

incanto

1. first-person singular present indicative of incantare

• cantino, cantoni, cintano, connati, tannico

From in- +‎ cantō.

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /inˈkan.toː/, [ɪŋˈkän̪t̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /inˈkan.to/, [iŋˈkän̪t̪o]

incantō (present infinitive incantāre, perfect active incantāvī, supine incantātum); first conjugation

1. to sing
2. to recite, say or mutter over (a magic form of words)
3. to consecrate with spells; enchant

¹At least one use of the archaic "sigmatic future" and "sigmatic aorist" tenses is attested, which are used by Old Latin writers; most notably Plautus and Terence. The sigmatic future is generally ascribed a future or future perfect meaning, while the sigmatic aorist expresses a possible desire ("might want to").

• “incanto”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “incanto”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• incanto in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.