crotalum

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹəʊtələm/

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

a kind of clapper or castanet used in Ancient Greece

• Portuguese: crótalo m

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ta.lum/, [ˈkrɔt̪äɫ̪ʊ̃ˑ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ta.lum/, [ˈkrɔːt̪älum]

Noun

crotalum n (genitive crotalī); second declension

1. castanet

Declension

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

• → French: crotale
• → English: crotalum
• → Italian: crotalo
  • → English: crotalo
• → Portuguese: crótalo
• → Spanish: crótalo

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