LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · masculinethird declension

tībīcen

tībīcen m (genitive tībīcinis)
Classical[tiːˈbiː.kɛn]Ecclesiastical[tiˈbiː.t͡ʃen]
Mille Verba core vocabulary

Meaning

  1. piper, flautist
  2. a kind of pillar, support, or prop of a building

Latīnē defined in Latin in our graded readers

quī tibiās canit; in sacrīs et convīviīs adest.
tībīcen -inis m — in Mille Verba, Artēs et Litterae

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativetībīcentībīcinēs
genitivetībīcinistībīcinum
dativetībīcinītībīcinibus
accusativetībīcinemtībīcinēs
ablativetībīcinetībīcinibus
vocativetībīcentībīcinēs

Phrases from Meissner's Latin Phrase-Book

ad tibiam or ad tibicinem canere
to sing to a flute accompaniment.

tībīcen, ĭnis, m. contr. from tībĭĭcen, from tibia-cano,
I. a piper, flute-player, flutist.
I. Lit.: age, tibicen, refer ad labias tibias, suffla celeriter tibi buccas, Plaut. Stich. 5, 4, 41: si tibiae non referant sonum, abiciendas sibi tibicen putat, Cic. Brut. 51, 192: tibicen sine tibiis canere non potest, id. de Or. 2, 83, 338; id Leg. 2, 24, 62; id. Ac. 2, 7, 20; id. Dom. 47 123; id. Agr. 2, 34, 93; Hor. Ep. 2, 1, 98; id. A. P. 415: tibicines abierunt, Liv. 9, 30, 5: funus celebratum ... praecedente tibicine, Plin. 10, 43, 60, § 122; Val. Max. 2, 5, 4: transit idem jurisconsultus tibicinis Latini modo, i. e. preludes or rehearses the legal formulas (as the flutist accompanies the actors), Cic. Mur. 12, 26. —Sing. collect.: crebro tibicine, Cic. Sen. 13, 44. —
II. Transf., a kind of pillar, support, or prop of a building, Cat. 61, 158; Ov. F. 4, 695: urbem colimus tenui tibicine fultum, Juv. 3, 193. — Of Atlas, supporting the heaven, Arn. 2, 92; cf.: tibicines in aedificiis dici existimantur a similitudine tibiis canentium, qui ut cantantes sustineant, ita illi aedificiorum tecta, Fest. p. 366 Müll.

Origins

For *tībiicen, tībia (“pipe”, “flute”) + -cen

Descendants
  • Englishtibicen
  • Italiantibìcine
  • TranslingualTibicen

Quick answers

What does tībīcen mean in Latin?
tībīcen, a noun, means “piper, flautist; a kind of pillar, support, or prop of a building”.
What is the genitive of tībīcen?
The genitive singular is tībīcinis. tībīcen is masculine, third declension.
How do you pronounce tībīcen?
In classical Latin, [tiːˈbiː.kɛn]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [tiˈbiː.t͡ʃen].