tintinnabulum

English

Etymology

From Latin tintinnābulum ‎(“a small monastic bell”).

Noun

tintinnabulum ‎(plural tintinnabula)

1. A small clinking bell, particularly (historical) a small bells used to call monks to the certain tasks.
   • 1878, Hugh Reginald Haweis, "Bell", Encyclopædia Britannica, 9th edition, Volume III, pages 536–7:

     ...it is worth while to enumerate the different kinds of bells named by Hieronymus Magius in his work De Tintinnabulis:—1. Tintinnabulum, a little bell, otherwise called tinniolum, for refectory or dormitory, according to Belethus, but Durandus names squilla for the refectory...

2. A set of bells or metal plates used as a musical instrument or as a toy.

Synonyms

• tinniolum

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Latin

Etymology

From tintinnō ‎(“to ring; to tinkle”) +‎ -bulum ‎(“forming instruments”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /tin.tinˈnaː.bu.lum/, [tɪn.tɪnˈnaː.bʊ.ɫũ]

Noun

tintinnābulum n ‎(genitive tintinnābulī); second declension

1. a bell, specifically a tintinnabulum.

Inflection

Second declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	tintinnābulum	tintinnābula
genitive	tintinnābulī	tintinnābulōrum
dative	tintinnābulō	tintinnābulīs
accusative	tintinnābulum	tintinnābula
ablative	tintinnābulō	tintinnābulīs
vocative	tintinnābulum	tintinnābula

Synonyms

• tinniolum

Derived terms

• tintinnābulātus

Related terms

• tintinnāculus
• tintinnō
• tintinnum

Descendants

• English: tintinnabulum
• Portuguese: tintinábulo

References

• tintinnabulum in Charlton T. Lewis & 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, 1883–1887)
• tintinnabulum in Félix Gaffiot (1934), Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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