crotalistria

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Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κροταλίστρια (krotalístria), from κροταλίζω (krotalízō, to play the castanets), from κρόταλον (krótalon, rattle, castanet).

Pronunciation

Noun

crotalistria f (genitive crotalistriae); first declension

  1. a castanet dancer
  2. a stork (in reference to the rattling sound these birds make)

Declension

First-declension noun.

References

  • crotalistria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • crotalistria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers