lyricen

Latin

Alternative forms

• liricen (post-Classical)

Etymology

lyra (“lyre”) +‎ -cen (“player [of a musical instrument]”)

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈly.ri.ken/, [ˈlʲʏrɪkɛn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈli.ri.t͡ʃen/, [ˈliːrit͡ʃen]

Noun

lyricen m (genitive lyricinis); third declension

1. a lyreplayer, a lyrist

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	lyricen	lyricinēs
genitive	lyricinis	lyricinum
dative	lyricinī	lyricinibus
accusative	lyricinem	lyricinēs
ablative	lyricine	lyricinibus
vocative	lyricen	lyricinēs

Synonyms

• (lyreplayer, lyrist): lyristēs

Related terms

• lyricina (“a female lyricen”)

References

• “lyrĭcen”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• "LIRICEN", 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)
• ly̆rĭcĕn in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 305/1.