bucinum

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Latin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From būcina (bugle; curved war trumpet), from bōs +‎ canō (sing). Compare classicum.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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būcinum n (genitive būcinī); second declension

  1. trumpet call, blast on a trumpet
  2. a kind of shellfish

Declension

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative būcinum būcina
Genitive būcinī būcinōrum
Dative būcinō būcinīs
Accusative būcinum būcina
Ablative būcinō būcinīs
Vocative būcinum būcina

Descendants

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  • Aromanian: bucium
  • French: buccin
  • Galician: bucio
  • Italian: buccino
  • Portuguese: búzio
  • Romanian: bucium

References

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  • bucinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • bucinum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
  • bucinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • bucinum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929) Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press