fidicen

Latin

Etymology

fidēs (“lyre”) +‎ -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.di.ken/, [ˈfɪd̪ɪkɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.di.t͡ʃen/, [ˈfiːd̪it͡ʃen]

Noun

fidicen m (genitive fidicinis, feminine fidicina); third declension

1. a lutist, lyrist, harpist
2. (transferred sense, poetic) a lyric poet, a lyricist
   • 43 BCE – c. 17 CE, Ovid, Ex Ponto 4.16.27-28:

     ...; et unā / Pindaricae fidicen tu quoque, Rufe, lyrae;

     ...together with you too, Rufus, lyricist of Pindar's lyre

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fidicen	fidicinēs
genitive	fidicinis	fidicinum
dative	fidicinī	fidicinibus
accusative	fidicinem	fidicinēs
ablative	fidicine	fidicinibus
vocative	fidicen	fidicinēs

Derived terms

• fidicinius
• fidicina
• fidicinō

Related terms

• fidicinātus

References

• “fĭdĭcen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “fidicen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fĭdĭcen in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 666/1.
• “fidicen” on page 698/3 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)