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from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A trumpeter.
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Three species are recognized: P. walkeri the type species, P. tubicen, and the short-crested P. cyrtocristatus.
Archive 2009-04-01 Michael James 2009
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Et ex eodem metallo, ait tubicen, velut sternutamento audias.
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Et ex eodem metallo, ait tubicen, velut sternutamento audias.
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[336] _Canere_ is used in different ways: _tubicen canit signum_, 'the trumpeter blows the signal;' _tubicen canit_, 'the trumpeter blows
C. Sallusti Crispi De Bello Catilinario Et Jugurthino 86 BC-34? BC Sallust
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The final vowel of the stem of the first member of the compound often appears as ĭ where we should expect ŏ or ă; sometimes it is dropped altogether, and in case of consonant stems ĭ is often inserted; as, -- signifer, _standard-bearer_; tubicen, _trumpeter_; magnanimus, _high-minded_; mātricīda, _matricide_.
New Latin Grammar Charles E. Bennett
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Quid tum Roma fuit, tubicen vicina Curetis Quum quateret lento murmure faxa louis?
Sex. Avrel. Propertivs varietate lectionis et perpetva adnotatione illvstratvs Propertius, Sextus 1777
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umida Baiarum stagna tepentis aquae, qua iacet et Troiae tubicen Misenus harena,
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