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

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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.