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

  1. trumpet call, blast on a trumpet
  2. 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
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