fidicina Latin · revision 32357

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 250–184 BC, Plautus|origins=la fidēs, la canō}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * Classical: [fɪˈdɪ.kɪ.na]^(Wiktionary)

+ * Ecclesiastical: [fiˈdiː.t͡ʃi.na]^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''fidicina''' ''f'' (genitive fidicinae, masculine fidicen); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of [[m|la|fidicen|t=lyre player]], [[af|la|fidicen|-a]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary) [[m|la|fidicen]] is formed from [[m|la|fidēs|t=lyre, lyre string]] and ⟨-cen⟩, from [[m|la|canō|t=to sing, play]], which de Vaan traces to [[ine-pro|*kh₂n-e-|t=to sing]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ De Vaan dates it from Plautus,^(de Vaan 2008) who uses it several times in the ''Epidicus'' and the ''Mostellaria''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It means a woman who plays the lyre, and she appears in the comedies of Plautus and Terence.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) De Vaan dates the masculine [[fidicen]] only from Cicero.^(de Vaan 2008) Martianus Capella still uses the word in the 5th century.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus of a girl lyre player in the ''Epidicus''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 190–159 BC – Terence in the ''Eunuchus'' and the ''Phormio''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * 5th century AD – Martianus Capella uses it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A female [[m|en|lyre]] player, lute player, [[m|en|harpist]].^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}