Crotoniate

English

Etymology

Adapted borrowing of Latin Crotōniātēs or its etymon Ancient Greek Κροτωνῐᾱ́της (Krotōnĭā́tēs) +‎ -ate.

Noun

Crotoniate (plural Crotoniates)

1. (historical) A native or inhabitant of Croton.
   • 1872, Friedrich Ueberweg, translated by Geo[rge] S[ylvester] Morris, “Pythagoras of Samos and the Pythagoreans”, in History of Philosophy, from Thales to the Present Time. […] (Theological and Philosophical Library: […]), volume I (History of the Ancient and Mediæval Philosophy), New York, N.Y.: Scribner, Armstrong & Co., […], part I (The Philosophy of Antiquity), “First Period of Greek Philosophy” section, “Second Division: Pythagoreanism” subsection, page 45:

     It is related of Pythagoras that, after having lived in Crotona nearly twenty years, and soon after the victory gained in 510 b. c. by the Crotoniates, on the river Traeis, over the Sybarites, who were living under the monarchical rule of Telys, he was banished by an opposition party under Cylon, and that he removed to Metapontum and soon afterward died there.

   • 1962, A[rthur] G[eoffrey] Woodhead, “Pythagoras at Croton”, in The Greeks in the West (Ancient Peoples and Places; 28), New York, N.Y.: Frederick A[mos] Praeger, Publishers, →OCLC, section IV (The Story of the Western Greeks), “The Rise of Syracuse” subsection, page 86:

     While Taras, despite early setbacks, increased in power, the Crotoniates declined from the peak of success they had attained on the destruction of Sybaris.

   • 1987, Herodotus, translated by David Grene, “Book Five”, in The History, Chicago, Ill.; London: The University of Chicago Press, →ISBN, page 374:

     There followed with Dorieus, and died with him, Philippus, the son of Butacides, a Crotoniate who had contracted to marry the daughter of Telys of Sybaris and was banished from Croton.

Adjective

Crotoniate (not comparable)

1. (historical) Of or relating to Croton.
   • 1962, A[rthur] G[eoffrey] Woodhead, “Croton”, in The Greeks in the West (Ancient Peoples and Places; 28), New York, N.Y.: Frederick A[mos] Praeger, Publishers, →OCLC, section III (Colonisation and Settlement), “The Italian Colonies” subsection, page 62:

     Crotoniate history in the archaic period was one of ups and downs. The successful wars against Siris and Sybaris have already been mentioned. Between these two high points of success came a disaster in a war against Locri, […]

   • 1999, Alan Johnston, “SPADEA (R[oberto]) Ed. Il Tesoro di Hera: Scoperte nel santuario di Hera Lacinia a Capo Colonna di Crotone. […]”, in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, →ISSN, →OCLC, “Notices of Books” section, pages 217–218:

     An exhibition catalogue on now well-established lines, this presentation of recent finds from the sanctuary of Hera Lacinia near Crotone includes a mix of material: a review of Giovanni Barracco, from Croton, whose Roman museum was its first host (after Q[uintus] Valerius Flaccus had failed to get the whole temple roof there in 173 bc), a thumbnail sketch of Crotoniate history, […]

   • 2016, Nigel Nicholson, “Epizephyrian Locri: Hagesidamus and Euthymus”, in The Poetics of Victory in the Greek West: Epinician, Oral Tradition, and the Deinomenid Empire (Greeks Overseas), New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, footnote 115, page 137:

     Locrian oral tradition also seems to have attacked the broader celebration of Crotoniate athletic success. Croton’s unparalleled success at Olympia in the sixth century, particular in the sprint, gave rise to a series of proverbs, […]