psalmicen

Latin

Etymology

psalmus (“psalm”) +‎ -cen (“-singer”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.mi.ken/, [ˈps̠äɫ̪mɪkɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈpsal.mi.t͡ʃen/, [ˈpsälmit͡ʃen]

Noun

psalmicen m (genitive psalmicinis); third declension

1. (Ecclesiastical Latin) a psalm-singer

Declension

Third-declension noun

	singular	plural
nominative	psalmicen	psalmicinēs
genitive	psalmicinis	psalmicinum
dative	psalmicinī	psalmicinibus
accusative	psalmicinem	psalmicinēs
ablative	psalmicine	psalmicinibus
vocative	psalmicen	psalmicinēs

Synonyms

• (psalm-singer): psalmicanus (Mediaeval Latin)

References

• “psalmĭcen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• PSALMICINES in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• psalmĭcĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 1,270/1.
• Niermeyer, Jan Frederik (1976) “psalmicen (adj.)”, in Mediae Latinitatis Lexicon Minus, Leiden, Boston: E. J. Brill, page 869/1