cornicen

See also: Cornicen

Latin

Etymology

cornū (“a bugle-horn”, “a horn”, “a trumpet”) +‎ -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkor.ni.ken/, [ˈkɔr.nɪ.kɛn]

Noun

cornicen m (genitive cornicinis); third declension

  1. a bugler, horn-blower, trumpeter, or corneter

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case 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 Biography and Mythology, London: John Murray
  • “cornicen” on page 446/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)
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