I.tune, sound, song, melody (poet. or in post-Aug. prose; rare).
I. Lit.
A. Of living beings, Quint. 1, 10, 22: “cygni,” Lucr. 4, 182; 4, 911: res est blanda canor; “discant cantare puellae,” Ov. A. A. 3, 315: “mulcendas natus ad aures,” id. M. 5, 561.—
B. Of instruments, the tone: “Martius aeris rauci canor,” martial clang, Verg. G. 4, 71: “lyrae,” Ov. H. 16, 180.—