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

 

• IPA^(key): /kró.ta.lon/ → /ˈkro.ta.lon/ → /ˈkro.ta.lon/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kró.ta.lon/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ta.lon/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ta.lon/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ta.lon/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈkro.ta.lon/

Noun

κρότᾰλον • (krótălon) n (genitive κροτᾰ́λου); second declension

1. clapper, rattle, castanet

   Synonym: κρέμβᾰλᾰ (krémbălă)

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ κρότᾰλον; τοῦ κροτᾰ́λου (Attic)

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 tôi 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
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

• κροτᾰ́λῐᾰ (krotắlĭă)
• κροτᾰλῐ́ζω (krotălĭ́zō)
• κροτᾰλῐσμός (krotălĭsmós)
• κροτᾰλῐστῐ́ς (krotălĭstĭ́s)
• κροτᾰλῐ́στρῐᾱ (krotălĭ́strĭā)
• ὀνοκρότᾰλος (onokrótălos)

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