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Crotalum
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Crot′a-lum
(-l?m)
, Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK][GREEK][GREEK][GREEK] rattle.]
(Mus.)
A kind of castanet used by the Corybantes.
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crotalum
crotalum
English
Noun
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
a kind of clapper or castanet used in Ancient Greece
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Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.lum/
Noun
crotalum n (genitive crotalī); second declension
Inflection
Second declension.
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | crotalum | crotala |
| genitive | crotalī | crotalōrum |
| dative | crotalō | crotalīs |
| accusative | crotalum | crotala |
| ablative | crotalō | crotalīs |
| vocative | crotalum | crotala |
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
- Félix Gaffiot (1934), “crotalum”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: 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