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Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin fidicina, feminine of fidicen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fiˈdi.t͡ʃi.na/
- Rhymes: -itʃina
- Hyphenation: fi‧dì‧ci‧na
Noun
fidicina f (plural fidicine)
- (historical, Ancient Rome) female equivalent of fidicine (“lyrist, citharist”)
- Synonyms: citarista, lirista
Anagrams
Latin
Etymology
fidicen (“lute player, lyrist, harpist”) + -a (feminine suffix)
Pronunciation
Noun
fidicina f (genitive fidicinae, masculine fidicen); first declension
- lute player, lyrist, harper, harpist (female)
Declension
First-declension noun.
References
- “fidicina”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “fidicina”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- fidicina in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.