tubicen

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Latin

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Etymology

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tuba (a long, straight trumpet) +‎ -cen (player [of a musical instrument])

Pronunciation

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Noun

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tubicen m (genitive tubicinis); third declension

  1. a trumpeter, especially in an army at war but also at sacrifices or funerals

Declension

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Third-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tubicen tubicinēs
Genitive tubicinis tubicinum
Dative tubicinī tubicinibus
Accusative tubicinem tubicinēs
Ablative tubicine tubicinibus
Vocative tubicen tubicinēs

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References

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  • 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)