tubicen
Latin
Etymology
tuba (“a long, straight trumpet”) + -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.bi.ken/, [ˈtʊ.bɪ.kẽ]
Noun
tubicen m (genitive tubicinis); third declension
- a trumpeter especially in an army at war but also at sacrifices or funerals
Declension
Third declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tubicen | tubicinēs |
| genitive | tubicinis | tubicinum |
| dative | tubicinī | tubicinibus |
| accusative | tubicinem | tubicinēs |
| ablative | tubicine | tubicinibus |
| vocative | tubicen | tubicinēs |
Synonyms
- (trumpeter): tubicinātor, tubocantius
Derived terms
- tubicen sacrōrum
- tubicinō (intransitive verb)
References
- 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)
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