See also: Cornicen

Latin edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cornicen m (genitive cornicinis); third declension

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

Declension edit

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 edit

  • 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)