buccina
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin būcina, buccina. Doublet of buisine and posaune.
Noun
buccina (plural buccinas)
- (historical, music) A curved brass instrument used by the Ancient Roman army.
- Coordinate term: buisine
Further reading
- buccina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Italian
Etymology
From Latin būcina, buccina.
Noun
buccina f (plural buccine)
- (music) buccina
Latin
Verb
buccinā
- second-person singular present active imperative of buccinō
References
- “buccina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “buccina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- buccina 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)
- buccina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette