fidicen
Latin
Etymology
fidēs (“lyre”) + -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈfi.di.ken/, [ˈfɪd̪ɪkɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.di.t͡ʃen/, [ˈfiːd̪it͡ʃen]
Noun
fidicen m (genitive fidicinis); third declension
- a luteplayer, lyrist, minstrel, or harper
- (transferred sense, poetic) a lyric poet, a lyricist
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | fidicen | fidicinēs |
| Genitive | fidicinis | fidicinum |
| Dative | fidicinī | fidicinibus |
| Accusative | fidicinem | fidicinēs |
| Ablative | fidicine | fidicinibus |
| Vocative | fidicen | fidicinēs |
Derived terms
Related terms
- fidicina (“a female fidicen”)
- fidicinātus
References
- “fĭdĭcen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fidicen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fĭdĭcen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 666/1.
- “fidicen” on page 698/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)