tubicen

Latin

Etymology

tuba (“a long, straight trumpet”) +‎ -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈtu.bi.ken/, [ˈtʊ.bɪ.kɛn]

Noun

tubicen m (genitive tubicinis); third declension

  1. a trumpeter, especially in an army at war but also at sacrifices or funerals

Declension

Third declension.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tubicen tubicinēs
Genitive tubicinis tubicinum
Dative tubicinī tubicinibus
Accusative tubicinem tubicinēs
Ablative tubicine tubicinibus
Vocative tubicen tubicinēs

Synonyms

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)
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