bucinum

Latin

Alternative forms
  • buccinum

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.ki.num/, [ˈbuː.kɪ.nũ]

Noun

būcinum n (genitive būcinī); second declension

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

Inflection

Second declension.

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

Descendants

References
  • 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, 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
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