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tintinnabulum

tintinnabulum · n

a bell

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Where it lives

Trinummus 1 · 1.02/10k
Fabulae Aesopiae 1 · 0.91/10k
Pseudolus 1 · 0.9/10k
Divus Augustus 1 · 0.75/10k
Saturae 1 · 0.4/10k
Satyricon 1 · 0.33/10k
Metamorphoses 1 · 0.19/10k
Res Gestae 1 · 0.08/10k

What it meant

tintinnābŭlum — Lewis & Short

tintinnābŭlum, i, n.tintinno,

I 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.

In the wild

tintinnabulis Suetonius, Divus Augustus 91.2
tintinnabulis Plautus, Pseudolus 1.3
tintinnabula Ammianus Marcellinus, Res Gestae 17.11.1
tintinnabula Juvenal, Saturae 2.6.441
tintinnabulis Apuleius, Metamorphoses 10.18
tintinnabulum Phaedrus, Fabulae Aesopiae 2.7.5

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

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