tinnulus

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οὐ τῷ πλήθει ἀλλὰ τῷ ἀξιώματι → not in numbers but in quality

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

tinnŭlus: a, um, adj. id.,
I ringing, tinkling, shrill-sounding (poet. and in post-Aug. prose).
I Lit.: sistra, Ov. P. 1, 1, 38: aera, id. M. 4, 393: chordae, Sen. Troad. 833: fistula, Calp. Ecl. 4, 74: vox, Cat. 61, 13; Pompon. ap. Macr. S. 6, 4 (with tenuis): illic cymbala tinnulaeque Gades, i. e. the shrill noise of the Gaditan maidens, Stat. S. 1, 6, 71 (cf. Juv. 11, 162).—
II Transf., of speakers: (rhetores) tumidi et corrupti et tinnuli, jingling, Quint. 2, 3, 9: verba, Hier. Ep. 143, 2; cf. tinnitus, II.

Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)

tinnŭlus,¹⁵ a, um (tinnio), qui rend un son clair, aigu, qui tinte : Ov. P. 1, 1, 38 ; M. 4, 393 ; tinnulæ Gades Stat. S. 1, 6, 71, Gadès résonnante des danses accompagnées de musique, cf. Juv. 11, 162 ] || [en parl. de la voix] a) au son clair, argentin : Catul. 61, 13 ; b) aigu [ou] en fausset : Pompon. Com. 57 R || [fig.] tinnuli Quint. 2, 3, 9, les orateurs à la voix perçante.