buccina

English

Roman artwork, c. 251 CE

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin būcina, buccina. Doublet of buisine and posaune.

Noun

buccina (plural buccinas)

1. (historical, music) A curved brass instrument used by the Ancient Roman army.

   Coordinate term: buisine

Further reading

• buccina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Italian

Etymology

From Latin būcina, buccina.

Noun

buccina f (plural buccine)

1. (music) buccina

Latin

Verb

buccinā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of buccinō

References

• “buccina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “buccina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• "buccina", 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)
• buccina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.