fidicina

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin fidicina, feminine of fidicen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fiˈdi.t͡ʃi.na/
• Rhymes: -itʃina
• Hyphenation: fi‧dì‧ci‧na

Noun

fidicina f (plural fidicine)

1. (historical, Ancient Rome) female equivalent of fidicine (“lyrist, citharist”)

   Synonyms: citarista, lirista

Anagrams

• nidifica

Latin

Etymology

fidicen (“lute player, lyrist, harpist”) +‎ -a (feminine suffix)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /fiˈdi.ki.na/, [fɪˈd̪ɪkɪnä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fiˈdi.t͡ʃi.na/, [fiˈd̪iːt͡ʃinä]

Noun

fidicina f (genitive fidicinae, masculine fidicen); first declension

1. lute player, lyrist, harper, harpist (female)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	fidicina	fidicinae
genitive	fidicinae	fidicinārum
dative	fidicinae	fidicinīs
accusative	fidicinam	fidicinās
ablative	fidicinā	fidicinīs
vocative	fidicina	fidicinae

References

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