Mentioned by Sidonio Apollinare (ca. 430 - 486) as “Sonatore [sic] di zampogna” [bagpipe player], and also defined as such in Ferruccio Calonghi, »Dizionario latino-italiano«, 3^a ed. rifusa ed aggiornata del Dizionario Georges-Calonghi (Torino, 1964); NB¹: According to Wiktionary: “player [of a musical instrument]”, ”a player upon a reed-pipe”; From cicūta (“a pipe made from a hemlock stem”); NB²: ➺ my remarks to Cicuta, which - obviously - equally apply to this term; NB³: ➺ Cicūticina.