κρότος

The verb κροτέω, κροτῶ (krotéō, krotô) has earlier and more frequent attestations. According to Beekes, the verb stems from Proto-Indo-European *kret- (“shake”). Compare Proto-Germanic *hradjaną (“to loosen, set free, rescue, save”), Old High German redan (“to sieve”), Lithuanian krė̃sti (“to shake”), Proto-Slavic *krotiti (“to tame”).

κρότος • (krótos) m (genitive κρότου); second declension

1. rattling sound, rattle
2. clapping

   κρότος χειρῶν ― krótos kheirôn ― rattling sound of hands, clapping, applause

3. (expression) in token of ridicule

   γέλως καὶ κρότος ― gélōs kaì krótos ― laughing and clapping

and more than 100 of their compounds and derivations

• -κροτος (-krotos)
• κροταλίζω (krotalízō, “use rattles; clap”)
• κροταλισμός m (krotalismós, “applause”)
• κρόταλον n (krótalon, “clapper, castanet”)
• κροτέω, κροτῶ (krotéō, krotô, “make to rattle, clap”)
• κρότησις f (krótēsis, “clapping, striking of hands”)
• Uncertain relation to κρόταφος m (krótaphos, “side, temple of the forehead”)
• Unknown if related to κροτών m (krotṓn)

• Greek: κρότος (krótos)

• κρούω (kroúō, “strike”)

• “κρότος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κρότος”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers

From Ancient Greek κρότος.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkro.tos/
• Hyphenation: κρό‧τος

κρότος • (krótos) m (plural κρότοι)

1. sudden and strong rattling sound, crack

   Τι ήταν αυτός ο κρότος; Τρόμαξα πολύ.

   Ti ítan aftós o krótos; Trómaxa polý.

   What was this sound (crack)? I was very frightened.

• κρούω (kroúo, “strike”)

• κρότος, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language