noun · neutersecond declension
tībīcĭnĭum
tībīcĭnĭum n (genitive tībīcĭnĭī)
Meaning
- the art of playing the flute, playing the flute,
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?Marcus Tullius Cicero, De Natura Deorum II
Declension
| form | singular | plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | tībīcĭnĭum | tībīcĭnĭa |
| genitive | tībīcĭnĭī | tībīcĭnĭōrum |
| dative | tībīcĭnĭō | tībīcĭnĭīs |
| accusative | tībīcĭnĭum | tībīcĭnĭa |
| ablative | tībīcĭnĭō | tībīcĭnĭīs |
| vocative | tībīcĭnĭum | tībīcĭnĭa |
tībīcĭnĭum, ii, n. tibicen,
I. a playing upon the pipe or flute, a piping, fluting (class.):
tibicinii scientia, Cic. N. D. 2, 8, 22; id. Or. 58, 198; App. Flor. p. 341, 28; 342, 20; Gell. 4, 13, 2.Charlton Lewis's shorter dictionary for students: the same scholarship in plain, modern definitions.
tībīcinium ī, n
tibicen, a playing upon the pipe, piping, fluting : tibicini scientia.