cornicen

cornicen

See also: Cornicen

Latin

Etymology

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

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    cornicen m (genitive cornicinis); third declension

    1. 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)