bucinum
Latin
Alternative forms
- buccinum
Etymology
From būcina (“bugle; curved war trumpet”), from bōs + canō (“sing”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈbuː.ki.num/, [ˈbuːkɪnʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈbu.t͡ʃi.num/, [ˈbuːt͡ʃinum]
Noun
būcinum n (genitive būcinī); second declension
- trumpet call, blast on a trumpet
- a kind of shellfish
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | būcinum | būcina |
| Genitive | būcinī | būcinōrum |
| Dative | būcinō | būcinīs |
| Accusative | būcinum | būcina |
| Ablative | būcinō | būcinīs |
| Vocative | būcinum | būcina |
Descendants
- Aromanian: bucium
- French: buccin
- Galician: bucio
- Italian: bucine
- Portuguese: búzio
- Romanian: bucium
References
- “bucinum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- bucinum 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)
- bucinum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “bucinum”, in Samuel Ball Platner (1929), Thomas Ashby, editor, A Topographical Dictionary of Ancient Rome, London: Oxford University Press