cornicen
See also: Cornicen
Latin
Etymology
From cornū (“bugle-horn, horn, trumpet”) + -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.nɪ.kɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈkɔr.ni.t͡ʃen]
Noun
cornicen m (genitive cornicinis); third declension
- bugler, hornblower, trumpeter, or corneter
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | cornicen | cornicinēs |
| genitive | cornicinis | cornicinum |
| dative | cornicinī | cornicinibus |
| accusative | cornicinem | cornicinēs |
| ablative | cornicine | cornicinibus |
| vocative | cornicen | cornicinēs |
References
- “cornĭcen¹”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “cornicen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- 1 cornĭcĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette: “431/2”
- “cornicen”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “cornicen”, in William Smith, editor (1848), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
- “cornicen” on page 446/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)