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Crotoniates

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Latin

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Etymology

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From Koine Greek Κροτωνῐᾱ́της (Krotōniā́tēs), from Ancient Greek Κροτωνῐ́ᾱ (Krotōníā) + masculine demonymic suffix -της (-tēs), essentially Crotōniās +‎ -tēs.

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

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Crotōniātēs m (genitive Crotōniātae); first declension

  1. (demonym) native or inhabitant of Crotone (a city in Magna Graecia; now a town and province of Calabria, southern Italy.)

Declension

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First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

singular plural
nominative Crotōniātēs Crotōniātae
genitive Crotōniātae Crotōniātārum
Crotōniātūm
dative Crotōniātae Crotōniātīs
accusative Crotōniātēn Crotōniātā̆s
ablative Crotōniātē Crotōniātīs
vocative Crotōniātē Crotōniātae
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Further reading

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  • Crotoniates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Crotoniates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 445.
  • Crotoniates in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 1768—1769