tintinnabulum

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

tintinnābŭlum, i, n. [tintinno],

a bell , signal-bell , e. g. on a door to summon the attendant, on the necks of cattle, etc., Plaut. Trin. 4, 2, 162; id. Ps. 1, 3, 98; Suet. Aug. 91; Plin. 36, 13, 19, § 92; Juv. 6, 441; Mart. 14, 163 in lemm.; Paul. Nol. Carm. 18, 336.

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