carnyx (English, noun)
expansion: carnyx (plural carnyces or carnyxes)
Senses:
topics: entertainment
lifestyle
music
glosses: A bronze wind instrument used by Iron Age Celts (c. 200 B.C.E. – 200 C.E.) as a type of battle trumpet; held vertically when played, it was shaped like an elongated S with a mouthpiece at the lower end and a bell (often resembling an animal with an open mouth) at the upper end.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: carnyces
tags: plural
form: carnyxes
tags: plural
form: carnix
tags: alternative