sistrum

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A Roman sistrum

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Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sīstrum, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek σεῖστρον (seîstron), from σείω (seíō, “shake”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sistrum (plural sistrums or sistra)

  1. An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.
    • 1983, Norman Mailer, Ancient Evenings:
      She moved with slow undulations of her body as lascivious as the curve of Hathfertiti’s hair, and the sistrum with its singing wires was played by a dwarf wearing nothing but a gold purse and a few bracelets on his stunted biceps.

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Czech

Pronunciation

Noun

sistrum n

  1. sistrum

Declension

Declension of sistrum (hard neuter reducible foreign)
singular plural
nominative sistrum sistra
genitive sistra sister
dative sistru sistrům
accusative sistrum sistra
vocative sistrum sistra
locative sistru sistrech
instrumental sistrem sistry

Further reading

  • “sistrum”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σεῖστρον (seîstron), from σείω (seíō, “shake”).

Pronunciation

Noun

sīstrum n (genitive sīstrī); second declension

  1. sistrum

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
Nominative sīstrum sīstra
Genitive sīstrī sīstrōrum
Dative sīstrō sīstrīs
Accusative sīstrum sīstra
Ablative sīstrō sīstrīs
Vocative sīstrum sīstra

Descendants

  • → Catalan: sistre
  • → Dutch: sistrum
  • → English: sistrum
  • → French: sistre
  • → Galician: sistro
  • → Italian: sistro
  • → Portuguese: sistro
  • → Spanish: sistro

Further reading

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