lyricen
Latin
Alternative forms
- liricen (post-Classical)
Etymology
lyra (“lyre”) + -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈly.rɪ.kɛn]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈliː.ri.t͡ʃen]
Noun
lyricen m (genitive lyricinis); third declension
- a lyreplayer, a lyrist
Declension
Third-declension noun.
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | lyricen | lyricinēs |
| genitive | lyricinis | lyricinum |
| dative | lyricinī | lyricinibus |
| accusative | lyricinem | lyricinēs |
| ablative | lyricine | lyricinibus |
| vocative | lyricen | lyricinēs |
Synonyms
- (lyreplayer, lyrist): lyristēs
Related terms
- lyricina (“a female lyricen”)
References
- “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.