tubicen
Latin
editEtymology
edittuba (“a long, straight trumpet”) + -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)
Pronunciation
edit- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtu.bi.ken/, [ˈt̪ʊbɪkɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.bi.t͡ʃen/, [ˈt̪uːbit͡ʃen]
Noun
edittubicen m (genitive tubicinis); third declension
- a trumpeter, especially in an army at war but also at sacrifices or funerals
Declension
editThird-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | tubicen | tubicinēs |
Genitive | tubicinis | tubicinum |
Dative | tubicinī | tubicinibus |
Accusative | tubicinem | tubicinēs |
Ablative | tubicine | tubicinibus |
Vocative | tubicen | tubicinēs |
Synonyms
edit- (trumpeter): tubicinātor, tubocantius
Derived terms
edit- tubicen sacrōrum
- tubicinō (intransitive verb)
References
edit- “tŭbĭcen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tubicen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tŭbĭcĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,609/2.
- “tubicen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “tubicen” on page 1,983/2 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)