The corpus record — Latin

nablium

nablium · n

a musical instrument of ten or twelve strings, played with both hands; a kind of harp, of Phœnician origin

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Where it lives

Ars Amatoria 1 · 0.67/10k

What it meant

nablĭum — Lewis & Short

nablĭum or nablum, i, n.,

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

In the wild

nablia Ovid, Ars Amatoria 3.327

Where it came from

Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine Treated in Ernout-Meillet, Dictionnaire etymologique de la langue latine s.v. nablium (scan p. 452; entry #7251).

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