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
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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."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..."
