nablium

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

nablĭum or nablum, i, n.,

a musical instrument of ten or twelve strings, played with both hands; a kind of harp, of Phoenician origin , i. q. naulium.—Form nablium, Ov. A. A. 3, 327.—Form nablum, Vulg. 1 Chron. 15, 16 sqq.; id. 1 Macc. 13, 51.

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