κρόταλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κροτέω (krotéō, “to rattle”).
Pronunciation
- (5th BCE Attic) IPA(key): /kró.ta.lon/
- (1st CE Egyptian) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.lon/
- (4th CE Koine) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.lon/
- (10th CE Byzantine) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.lon/
- (15th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA(key): /ˈkro.ta.lon/
Noun
κρότᾰλον • (krótalon) n (genitive κροτάλου); second declension
- clapper, rattle, castanet
Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κρότᾰλον; τοῦ κροτᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
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Nominative | τὸ κρότᾰλον tò krótalon | τὼ κροτᾰ́λω tṑ krotálō | τᾰ̀ κρότᾰλᾰ tà krótala | ||||||||||
Genitive | τοῦ κροτᾰ́λου toû krotálou | τοῖν κροτᾰ́λοιν toîn krotáloin | τῶν κροτᾰ́λων tôn krotálōn | ||||||||||
Dative | τῷ κροτᾰ́λῳ tôi krotálōi | τοῖν κροτᾰ́λοιν toîn krotáloin | τοῖς κροτᾰ́λοις toîs krotálois | ||||||||||
Accusative | τὸ κρότᾰλον tò krótalon | τὼ κροτᾰ́λω tṑ krotálō | τᾰ̀ κρότᾰλᾰ tà krótala | ||||||||||
Vocative | κρότᾰλον krótalon | κροτᾰ́λω krotálō | κρότᾰλᾰ krótala | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κροτάλια (krotália)
- κροταλίζω (krotalízō)
- κροταλισμός (krotalismós)
- κροταλίστρια (krotalístria)
- κροταλιστίς (krotalistís)
Descendants
- Latin: crotalum
- Translingual: Crotalus
Further reading
- κρόταλον in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- κρόταλον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette