tibicinium

Latin

Noun

tībīcĭnĭum n (genitive tībīcĭnĭī); second declension

  1. 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?

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative tībīcĭnĭum tībīcĭnĭa
Genitive tībīcĭnĭī tībīcĭnĭōrum
Dative tībīcĭnĭō tībīcĭnĭīs
Accusative tībīcĭnĭum tībīcĭnĭa
Ablative tībīcĭnĭō tībīcĭnĭīs
Vocative tībīcĭnĭum tībīcĭnĭa

References
  • “tibicinium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • tibicinium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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