corrigiuncula

• corrigiunculum

Ultimately from the verb corrigō (“to correct”). The ending appears to be the diminutive-forming suffix -uncula, which is uncommon except for at the end of diminutives from feminine nouns ending in -ō. However, no Latin noun *corrigiō exists. It could possibly be built on the noun corrigia (“thong, strap”), which could have the meaning "whip".

corrigiuncula f (genitive corrigiunculae); first declension

1. (historical, Medieval Latin) A bell used to summon monks for scourging or other penance.^[1]

First-declension noun.

• "corrigiuncula", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)