canticum

[ kan-ti-kuh m ]

/ ˈkæn tɪ kəm /

part of an ancient Roman drama chanted or sung and accompanied by music.

Compare diverbium.

Origin of canticum

< Latin, equivalent to cant(us) song (see canto, chant) + -icum noun suffix; cf. -ic

But it may be questioned if this involves that the Cantica was already finished.

The Divine Comedy of Dante Alighieri |Dante Alighieri
Roman drama ran down to pantomime with explanatory recitation, that is, cantica.

Folkways |William Graham Sumner
The 'Cantica,' or purely lyrical monologues, are much more frequent and much longer in his comedies than in those of Terence.

The Roman Poets of the Republic |William Young Sellar
Then there is a commentary on the "Cantica of Avicenna," and a tractate on the "Theriac."

Old-Time Makers of Medicine |James J. Walsh

Sonant melliflua hymnorum organa, suavissima angelorum melodia, cantica canticorum mira!

Notre-Dame de Paris |Victor Hugo