tibicina Latin · revision 33346

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=204–169 BC, Ennius}}

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''tībīcina''' ''f'' (genitive tībīcinae); first declension^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is the feminine of [[m|la|tībīcen|t=piper]].^(OLD 2012)^(Wiktionary)^(de Vaan 2008) De Vaan analyses ⟨tībīcen⟩ as ⟨*tībio-kan-⟩, “playing on a reed pipe”, from [[m|la|tībia|t=pipe]] and [[m|la|canō|t=to sing, play]].^(de Vaan 2008) He finds no good Indo-European etymology for ⟨tībia⟩ and suggests it may be a loanword from the same source as [[grc|σίφων|tr=síphōn|t=tube]].^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ Lewis & Short cite it first from Ennius, quoted by Varro.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Köbler and de Vaan date it from Plautus.^(Köbler 2010)^(de Vaan 2008)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ It is a female player of the ''tībia'', a pipe girl:^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879) Plautus has them in the ''Stichus'' and the ''Mostellaria'', and Terence in the ''Adelphoe''.^(Lewis & Short 1879) Horace, Ovid, Juvenal, Martial and Gellius also use it.^(Lewis & Short 1879)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 204–169 BC – Ennius.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

+ * c. 250–184 BC – Plautus, in the ''Stichus'' and ''Mostellaria''.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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

+ * 65–8 BC – Horace.^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Köbler 2010)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A female [[m|en|piper]], a female [[m|en|flute]] player.^(OLD 2012)^(Lewis & Short 1879)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[tībīcinō]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[tībīcen]]

+ * [[tībia]]

+ * [[canō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}