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“bell” in Latin
campānaa large bell used in late classical or medieval church towers or steeples.; a tower for such a bell, a campanile, belfrytintinnābuluma bell, specifically a tintinnabulum.Mārtiālisof or pertaining to Mars; a priest of Mars; soldiers of the Legiō Mārtia
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
bell
campana (a large bell suspended, e.g., church-bell: the word and the thing were both invented by the Christians): tintinnabulum (κώδων, suspended at the door to summon the servants, etc. Vid :, picture in the Dict. Ant., Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities of William Smith, p. 984. There were also such bells in the baths, to give notice when they were open, etc. Nola is a very doubtful word. Vid: Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities of William Smith) Often aes may serve; e.g. the bell rings for the bath, sonat aes thermarum (Martialis, 14, 163): the bell is ringing for church, sonat aes sacrorum. The door-bell rang (= there is somebody at the door), pulsantur fores (i. e., someone knocks): tintinnabulum sonat (according to our custom). To ring the bell (at the door), pulsare fores (according to the ancient custom), agitare tintinnabulum forium (according to our custom). Bell-founder, campanasrum fusor. Bell-metal, aes campanarum. Bell-ringer, agitator campanae (campanulae); qui aes agitat; sexton, aedituus. Bell-fashioned, in formam campanae redactus. Bell-flower, campanula. Bell-wether, vervex dux gregis. To bear the bell, palmam ferre.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for bell?
- The usual Latin words for “bell” are campāna, tintinnābulum, Mārtiālis. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.