tintinnabulum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin tintinnābulum (“a small monastic bell”).
Noun edit
tintinnabulum (plural tintinnabula)
- A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bell used to call monks to certain tasks.
- 1878, Hugh Reginald Haweis, "Bell", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th edition, Volume III, pages 536–7:
- A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.
Synonyms edit
Latin edit
Etymology edit
From tintinnō (“to ring; to tinkle”) + -bulum (“forming instruments”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /tin.tinˈnaː.bu.lum/, [t̪ɪn̪t̪ɪnˈnäːbʊɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /tin.tinˈna.bu.lum/, [t̪in̪t̪inˈnäːbulum]
Noun edit
tintinnābulum n (genitive tintinnābulī); second declension
- a bell, specifically a tintinnabulum.
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | tintinnābulum | tintinnābula |
Genitive | tintinnābulī | tintinnābulōrum |
Dative | tintinnābulō | tintinnābulīs |
Accusative | tintinnābulum | tintinnābula |
Ablative | tintinnābulō | tintinnābulīs |
Vocative | tintinnābulum | tintinnābula |
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Descendants edit
- English: tintinnabulum
- Portuguese: tintinábulo
- French: tintinnabuler
References edit
- “tintinnabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “tintinnabulum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- tintinnabulum in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- tintinnabulum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “tintinnabulum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “tintinnabulum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin