citharicen

Latin

Etymology

cithara (“cithara”, “cithern”, “lyre”, “lute”, “guitar”) +‎ -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kiˈtʰa.ri.ken/, [kɪˈt̪ʰärɪkɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /t͡ʃiˈta.ri.t͡ʃen/, [t͡ʃiˈt̪äːrit͡ʃen]

Noun

citharicen m (genitive citharicinis); third declension

1. a player on the cithara

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	citharicen	citharicinēs
genitive	citharicinis	citharicinum
dative	citharicinī	citharicinibus
accusative	citharicinem	citharicinēs
ablative	citharicine	citharicinibus
vocative	citharicen	citharicinēs

Synonyms

• (player on the cithara): citharista

References

• “cĭthărĭcen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cĭthărĭcĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 320/3.