buccina
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English[edit]
Roman artwork, c. 251 CE
Etymology[edit]
Borrowed from Latin būcina, buccina. Doublet of buisine and posaune.
Noun[edit]
buccina (plural buccinas)
- (historical, music) A curved brass instrument used by the Ancient Roman army.
- Coordinate term: buisine
Further reading[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
buccina f (plural buccine)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
buccinā
References[edit]
- “buccina”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “buccina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- buccina 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)
- buccina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
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