clavicymbalum

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) IPA^(key): /klaː.u̯iˈkym.ba.lum/, [kɫ̪äːu̯ɪˈkʏmbäɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]

(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kla.viˈt͡ʃim.ba.lum/, [kläviˈt͡ʃimbälum]

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).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	clāvicymbalum	clāvicymbala
Genitive	clāvicymbalī	clāvicymbalōrum
Dative	clāvicymbalō	clāvicymbalīs
Accusative	clāvicymbalum	clāvicymbala
Ablative	clāvicymbalō	clāvicymbalīs
Vocative	clāvicymbalum	clāvicymbala

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