fidicen

Latin

Etymology

fidēs (“lyre”) +‎ -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈfi.di.ken/, [ˈfɪ.dɪ.kɛn]

Noun

fidicen m (genitive fidicinis); third declension

  1. a luteplayer, lyrist, minstrel, or harper
  2. (transferred sense, poetic) a lyric poet, a lyricist

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative fidicen fidicinēs
Genitive fidicinis fidicinum
Dative fidicinī fidicinibus
Accusative fidicinem fidicinēs
Ablative fidicine fidicinibus
Vocative fidicen fidicinēs

Derived terms
  • fidicinius
  • fidicinō
  • 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)
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