The corpus record — Latin

fidicen

fidicen · m

a luteplayer

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Where it lives

Ibis 1 · 2.54/10k
Carmina 2 · 1.5/10k
Epistulae 1 · 1.01/10k
Ex Ponto 1 · 0.48/10k
Epistulae ad Familiares 1 · 0.09/10k

What it meant

fĭdĭcen — Lewis & Short

fĭdĭcen, ĭnis, m.2. fides-cano,

I a luteplayer, lyrist, minstrel, harper: Socratem fidibus docuit nobilis fidicen, Cic. Fam. 9, 22, 3; id. N. D. 3, 9, 23 (with tibicen); Val. Max. 3, 6, 4; Mart. Cap. 3, § 296.—Poet. transf., a lyric poet: Latinus, Hor. Ep. 1, 19, 33: Romanae lyrae, id. C. 4, 3, 23: lyrae Pindaricae, Ov. P. 4. 16, 28; and in apposition: doctor Argivae fidicen Thaliae (Apollo), Hor. C. 4, 6, 25.

In the wild

fidicen Ovid, Ex Ponto 4.16.28
fidicen Horace, Carmina 4.3
fidicen Ovid, Ibis 583
fidicen Horace, Epistulae 1.19.33
fidicen Cicero, Epistulae ad Familiares 9.22.3
fidicen Horace, Carmina 4.6

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. fidicen (scan pp. 256-257; entry #3994).

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