crotalum

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Etymology

From Latin crotalum, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

crotalum (plural crotalums or crotala)

  1. (music) A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.

Translations

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”).

Pronunciation

Noun

crotalum n (genitive crotalī); second declension

  1. castanet

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

singular plural
nominative crotalum crotala
genitive crotalī crotalōrum
dative crotalō crotalīs
accusative crotalum crotala
ablative crotalō crotalīs
vocative crotalum crotala

Descendants

Descendants

References

  • “crotalum”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “crotalum”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • crotalum in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
  • “crotalum”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “crotalum”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
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