crotalum
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin crotalum, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
crotalum (plural crotalums or crotala)
- (music) A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.
Translations edit
a kind of clapper or castanet used in Ancient Greece
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Latin edit
Etymology edit
From Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”).
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.lum/, [ˈkrɔt̪äɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.lum/, [ˈkrɔːt̪älum]
Noun edit
crotalum n (genitive crotalī); second declension
Declension edit
Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
---|---|---|
Nominative | crotalum | crotala |
Genitive | crotalī | crotalōrum |
Dative | crotalō | crotalīs |
Accusative | crotalum | crotala |
Ablative | crotalō | crotalīs |
Vocative | crotalum | crotala |
Descendants edit
- → French: crotale
- → English: crotalum
- → Italian: crotalo
- → English: crotalo
- → Portuguese: crótalo
- → Spanish: crótalo
References edit
- “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