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Ancient Greek
Etymology
The verb κροτέω, κροτῶ (krotéō, krotô) has earlier and more frequent attestations. According to Beekes, the verb stems from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“shake”). Compare Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to loosen, set free, rescue, save”), Old High German redan (“to sieve”), Lithuanian krė̃sti (“to shake”), Proto-Slavic *krotiti (“to tame”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kró.tos/ → /ˈkro.tos/ → /ˈkro.tos/
Noun
κρότος • (krótos) m (genitive κρότου); second declension
- rattling sound, rattle
- clapping
- κρότος χειρῶν ― krótos kheirôn ― rattling sound of hands, clapping, applause
- (expression) in token of ridicule
- γέλως καὶ κρότος ― gélōs kaì krótos ― laughing and clapping
Declension
Derived terms
and more than 100 of their compounds and derivations
- -κροτος (-krotos)
- κροταλίζω (krotalízō, “use rattles; clap”)
- κροταλισμός m (krotalismós, “applause”)
- κρόταλον n (krótalon, “clapper, castanet”)
- κροτέω, κροτῶ (krotéō, krotô, “make to rattle, clap”)
- κρότησις f (krótēsis, “clapping, strikin of hands”)
- Uncertain relation to κρόταφος m (krótaphos, “side, temple of the forehead”)
- Unknown if related to κροτών m (krotṓn)
Descendants
See also
Further reading
- “κρότος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “κρότος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρότος.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkro.tos/
- Hyphenation: κρό‧τος
Noun
κρότος • (krótos) m (plural κρότοι)
- sudden and strong rattling sound, crack
Τι ήταν αυτός ο κρότος; Τρόμαξα πολύ.- Ti ítan aftós o krótos; Trómaxa polý.
- What was this sound (crack)? I was very frightened.
Declension
- ανακροτικός (anakrotikós) (medicine)
- ανασυγκρότηση f (anasygkrótisi, “reconstruction”)
- ανασυγκροτώ (anasygkrotó, “reconstruct”)
- αντικροτικός (antikrotikós, “antidetonant”)
- δίκροτο n (díkroto) (ship)
- δίκροτος (díkrotos) (medicine)
- έκκροτος (ékkrotos, “plosive”) (phonology, phonetics)
- εκπυρσοκρότηση f (ekpyrsokrótisi, “firing, discharge”)
- εκπυρσοκροτώ (ekpyrsokrotó, “fire -gun-, discharge”)
- επικρότηση f (epikrótisi)
- επικροτώ (epikrotó, “praise, agree”)
- καταχειροκροτώ (katacheirokrotó, “applaud very much”)
- κροταλίας m (krotalías, “rattlesnake”)
- κροταλίζω (krotalízo, “rattle”)
- κροτάλισμα n (krotálisma)
- κρόταλο n (krótalo, “kind of castanet”)
- κροτίδα f (krotída)
- κροτούν (krotoún)
- κροτώ (krotó, “make strikin gsound”)
- ποδοκρότημα n (podokrótima)
- ποδοκροτώ (podokrotó)
- πολύκροτος (polýkrotos)
- πυροκροτητής m (pyrokrotitís)
- πυροκροτικός (pyrokrotikós)
- συγκρότημα n (sygkrótima, “group, complex”)
- συγκροτημένος (sygkrotiménos, participle)
- συγκρότηση f (sygkrótisi)
- συγκροτώ (sygkrotó, “form, compose”)
- τρίκροτο (tríkroto) (ship)
- χειροκρότημα n (cheirokrótima, “applause”)
- χειροκροτώ (cheirokrotó, “applaud”)
- Uncertain relation to κρόταφος m (krótafos, “temple of the head”)
See also
Further reading