tibicinium
Latin
[edit]Noun
[edit]tībīcĭnĭum n (genitive tībīcĭnĭī); second declension
- the art of playing the flute, playing the flute,
- Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum II :
- Si ex oliva modulate canentes tibiae nascerentur, num dubitares, quin inesset in oliva tibicini quaedam scientia?
- If melodiously playing flutes were born from the olive tree, would you not doubt that there exists in the olive tree some knowledge of playing the flute?
- Si ex oliva modulate canentes tibiae nascerentur, num dubitares, quin inesset in oliva tibicini quaedam scientia?
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tībīcĭnĭum | tībīcĭnĭa |
| genitive | tībīcĭnĭī | tībīcĭnĭōrum |
| dative | tībīcĭnĭō | tībīcĭnĭīs |
| accusative | tībīcĭnĭum | tībīcĭnĭa |
| ablative | tībīcĭnĭō | tībīcĭnĭīs |
| vocative | tībīcĭnĭum | tībīcĭnĭa |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “tibicinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tibicinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.