tibicinium

Latin

Noun

tībīcĭnĭum n (genitive tībīcĭnĭī); second declension

1. the art of playing the flute, playing the flute,
   • Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum II :

     Si ex oliva modulate canentes tibiae nascerentur, num dubitares, quin inesset in oliva tibicini quaedam scientia?

     If melodiously playing flutes were born from the olive tree, would you not doubt that there exists in the olive tree some knowledge of playing the flute?

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	tībīcĭnĭum	tībīcĭnĭa
Genitive	tībīcĭnĭī	tībīcĭnĭōrum
Dative	tībīcĭnĭō	tībīcĭnĭīs
Accusative	tībīcĭnĭum	tībīcĭnĭa
Ablative	tībīcĭnĭō	tībīcĭnĭīs
Vocative	tībīcĭnĭum	tībīcĭnĭa

Related terms

• tībīcen
• tībīcina
• tībīcinō

 

References

• “tibicinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• tibicinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.