English → Latin
“cymbal” in Latin
cymbalumcymbal; genitive plural of cymbalumaesmoney, pay, fee, fare; copper, bronze, brass; payment, debtPetrōniusof or pertaining to the gens Petronia
The English word cymbal itself goes back to Latin cymbalum.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
cymbal
cymbalum (κύμβαλον, generally in plur., as two were always beaten together) :aes: to play the cymbals, cymbalissare (Cass. Hemina with Non., 90, 25); aera concrepare (Petronius, 22, extr.); cymbala quatere (Verg., Georg., 4, 64).
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for cymbal?
- The usual Latin words for “cymbal” are cymbalum, aes, Petrōnius. 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.