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κρόταλον

Second declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: κρόταλον κρόταλου

Structure: κροταλ (Stem) + ον (Ending)

Etym.: krote/w

Sense

  1. a rattle, castanet
  2. a rattling fellow, a rattle

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • "παντὸσ δὲ ὀργάνου κατὰ μίτον ἧπται, κροτάλων, ὑπὸ φανοῦ,4 πανδούρου, τῷ τε ἡδεῖ μοναύλῳ τὰσ ἡδίστασ ’ ἁρμονίασ ἀναμινυρίζει. (Athenaeus, The Deipnosophists, Book 4, book 4, chapter 78 2:12)
  • μητέρα μοι πάντων τε θεῶν πάντων τ’ ἀνθρώπων ὕμνει, Μοῦσα λίγεια, Διὸσ θυγάτηρ μεγάλοιο, ᾗ κροτάλων τυπάνων τ’ ἰαχὴ σύν τε βρόμοσ αὐλῶν εὐάδεν ἠδὲ λύκων κλαγγὴ χαροπῶν τε λεόντων οὔρεά τ’ ἠχήεντα καὶ ὑλήεντεσ ἔναυλοι. (Anonymous, Homeric Hymns, 2:1)
  • τὴν δὲ τάλαιναν Ὑρνηθὼ κροτάλων εἷσ ψόφοσ ἐξέβαλεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume IV, book 11, chapter 1954)
  • σοὶ γὰρ Ἔρωτεσ ἐφίμεροι, ἅ τε κατ’ εὐνὰν τέρψισ, καὶ κροτάλων θηλυμανεῖσ ὄτοβοι. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 3213)
  • καλεῖ σε γὰρ ἡ φιλόκωμοσ πηκτὶσ καὶ κροτάλων χειροτυπὴσ πάταγοσ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, book 5, chapter 175 1:3)

Synonyms

  1. a rattle

  2. a rattling fellow

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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