bucina
Dictionary entries
- Entry →bucino, bucinare, bucinavi, bucinatus:
Verb · 1st conjugation · Intransitive
- Frequency:
- Uncommon
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
- Field:
- Military
give signal with/sound trumpet/horn; blow trumpet (bucina); honk (Cal);
sg. pres. act. imp. 2nd - Entry →bucina, bucinae:
Feminine · Noun · 1st declension
- Frequency:
- Common
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
bugle, watch-horn; (curved) trumpet, war trumpet; shell Triton blew;
abl. sg.nom. sg.voc. sg. - Entry →bucinum, bucini:
Neuter · Noun · 2nd declension
- Frequency:
- Lesser
- Dictionary:
- Oxford Latin Dictionary (OLD)
blast on trumpet, trumpet call; kind of shellfish (used for purple dye);
acc. pl.nom. pl.voc. pl.
Examples
- M
Liber II
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan) from DE BELLO CIVILI SIVE PHARSALIA
"...placuere fugae, ne litora clamor nauticus exagitet neu bucina diuidat horas neu tuba praemonitos perducat ad aequora nautas..." - D
Satura XIV
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...iniuria fecerit agros. sed qui sermones, quam foede bucina famae! 'quid nocet haec?' inquit 'tunicam mihi malo lupini..." - D
Satura VII
Decimus Iunius Iuvenalis (Juvenal) from SATVRAE
"...omnes a crinibus hydri, surda nihil gemeret graue bucina. poscimus ut sit non minor antiquo Rubrenus Lappa coturno..." - L
Thyestes
Lucius Annaeus Seneca (Seneca the Younger) from FABULAE
"...currus; nondum in noctem uergente die tertia misit bucina signum: stupet ad subitae tempora cenae nondum fessis bubus..." - G
Divus Claudius
Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (Suetonius) from DE VITIS CAESARUM
"...Sicula et Rhodia concurrerunt, duodenarum triremium singulae, exciente bucina Tritone argenteo, qui e medio lacu per machinam emerserat..." - P
Aeneid XI
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...saxa sudesque subvectant. bello dat signum rauca cruentum bucina. tum muros varia cinxere corona matronae puerique, vocat labor..." - P
Aeneid VII
P. Vergilius Maro (Vergil) from The Aeneid
"...pectora natos. tum vero ad vocem celeres, qua bucina signum dira dedit, raptis concurrunt undique telis indomiti agricolae..." - P
Metamorphoses XIV
Publius Ovidius Naso (Ovid) from Metamorphoses
"...fluctusque et flumina signo iam revocare dato: cava bucina sumitur illi, tortilis in latum quae turbine crescit..."
