clavicymbalum
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English
Alternative forms
Noun
clavicymbalum (plural clavicymbalums)
- (music) An early keyboard instrument and ancestor of the harpsichord.
Latin
Etymology
From clāvis (“key”) + cymbalum (“cymbal”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /klaː.u̯iˈkym.ba.lum/,
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /kla.viˈt͡ʃim.ba.lum/,
Noun
clāvicymbalum n (genitive clāvicymbalī); second declension
- (New Latin) harpsichord
- 1657, Gaspar Schott, Mechanica hydraulica-pneumatica, page 432:
- Clavicymbalum automatum, omnis generis inſtrumentorum fidibus inſtructorum ſymphoniam exhibens.
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Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | clāvicymbalum | clāvicymbala |
| genitive | clāvicymbalī | clāvicymbalōrum |
| dative | clāvicymbalō | clāvicymbalīs |
| accusative | clāvicymbalum | clāvicymbala |
| ablative | clāvicymbalō | clāvicymbalīs |
| vocative | clāvicymbalum | clāvicymbala |