lyricen
Latin
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- liricen (post-Classical)
Etymology
[edit]lyra (“lyre”) + -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ˈly.ri.ken/, [ˈlʲʏrɪkɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈli.ri.t͡ʃen/, [ˈliːrit͡ʃen]
Noun
[edit]lyricen m (genitive lyricinis); third declension
- a lyreplayer, a lyrist
Declension
[edit]Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lyricen | lyricinēs |
| genitive | lyricinis | lyricinum |
| dative | lyricinī | lyricinibus |
| accusative | lyricinem | lyricinēs |
| ablative | lyricine | lyricinibus |
| vocative | lyricen | lyricinēs |
Synonyms
[edit]- (lyreplayer, lyrist): lyristēs
Related terms
[edit]- lyricina (“a female lyricen”)
References
[edit]- “lyrĭcen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- "LIRICEN", 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)
- ly̆rĭcĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 305/1.