tubicen
Latin
Etymology
tuba (“a long, straight trumpet”) + -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈtu.bi.ken/, [ˈt̪ʊbɪkɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.bi.t͡ʃen/, [ˈt̪uːbit͡ʃen]
Noun
tubicen m (genitive tubicinis); third declension
- a trumpeter, especially in an army at war but also at sacrifices or funerals
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| 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)