"-cen" meaning in Latin

See -cen in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Suffix

IPA: /ken/ [Classical], [kɛn] [Classical], /t͡ʃen/ (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical), [t͡ʃɛn] (note: modern Italianate Ecclesiastical)
Etymology: From canō (“I sing”, “I play [a musical instrument]”). Etymology templates: {{m|la|canō||I sing”, “I play 􂀿a musical instrument􂁀}} canō (“I sing”, “I play [a musical instrument]”) Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|-cen/-cin<3>}} Forms: -cinis [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], -cen [nominative, singular], -cinēs [nominative, plural], -cinis [genitive, singular], -cinum [genitive, plural], -cinī [dative, singular], -cinibus [dative, plural], -cinem [accusative, singular], -cinēs [accusative, plural], -cine [ablative, singular], -cinibus [ablative, plural], -cen [singular, vocative], -cinēs [plural, vocative]
  1. appended to the names of musical instruments, forming agent nouns denoting the players thereof Tags: declension-3, masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--cen-la-suffix-aeB9-Sv8 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension: 51 49
  2. (in a weakened sense) appended to various parts of speech, forming nouns denoting musicians or “singers” of whatever kind (human or not) Tags: declension-3, masculine, morpheme
    Sense id: en--cen-la-suffix-LUJtTt8Q Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Disambiguation of Latin masculine suffixes in the third declension: 51 49

Inflected forms

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