Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Tintinnaculus

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

TINTINNA'CULUS. One who makes another's ears tingle (Plaut. Truc. iv. 3. 8.); a nickname given to the LORARIUS, in allusion to the effect produced by the blows dealt upon the slave whom he punished.