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Latin
Etymology
lituus (“a crooked wind-instrument used to give signals in war”, “a curved trumpet, cornet, or clarion”) + -cen (“player ”)
Pronunciation
Noun
liticen m (genitive liticinis); third declension
- a clarionblower, a military trumpeter
Declension
Third-declension noun.
References
- “lĭtĭcen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “liticen”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- lĭtĭcĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 916/1.
- “liticen” on page 1,036/1 of the Oxford Latin Dictionary (1st ed., 1968–82)