κρόταλον
Ancient Greek
Etymology
From κροτέω (krotéō, “to rattle”), with a suffix -αλον found also in κύμβαλον (kúmbalon, “cymbal”) and ῥόπαλον (rhópalon, “club, mace”).
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 • (krótălon) n (genitive κροτᾰ́λου); second declension
Inflection
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | τὸ κρότᾰλον tò krótălon |
τὼ κροτᾰ́λω tṑ krotắlō |
τᾰ̀ κρότᾰλᾰ tằ krótălă | ||||||||||
| Genitive | τοῦ κροτᾰ́λου toû krotắlou |
τοῖν κροτᾰ́λοιν toîn krotắloin |
τῶν κροτᾰ́λων tôn krotắlōn | ||||||||||
| Dative | τῷ κροτᾰ́λῳ tōî krotắlōi |
τοῖν κροτᾰ́λοιν toîn krotắloin |
τοῖς κροτᾰ́λοις toîs krotắlois | ||||||||||
| Accusative | τὸ κρότᾰλον tò krótălon |
τὼ κροτᾰ́λω tṑ krotắlō |
τᾰ̀ κρότᾰλᾰ tằ krótălă | ||||||||||
| Vocative | κρότᾰλον krótălon |
κροτᾰ́λω krotắlō |
κρότᾰλᾰ krótălă | ||||||||||
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Derived terms
- κροτᾰ́λῐᾰ (krotắlĭă)
- κροτᾰλῐ́ζω (krotălĭ́zō)
- κροτᾰλῐσμός (krotălĭsmós)
- κροτᾰλῐστῐ́ς (krotălĭstĭ́s)
- κροτᾰλῐ́στρῐᾱ (krotălĭ́strĭā)
- ὀνοκρότᾰλος (onokrótălos)
Descendants
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