crotalistria

Latin

Etymology

From Ancient Greek κροταλίστρια (krotalístria), from κροταλίζω (krotalízō, “to play the castanets”), from κρόταλον (krótalon, “rattle, castanet”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /kro.taˈlis.tri.a/, [krɔt̪äˈlʲɪs̠t̪riä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kro.taˈlis.tri.a/, [krot̪äˈlist̪riä]

Noun

crotalistria f (genitive crotalistriae); first declension

1. a castanet dancer
2. a stork (in reference to the rattling sound these birds make)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	crotalistria	crotalistriae
genitive	crotalistriae	crotalistriārum
dative	crotalistriae	crotalistriīs
accusative	crotalistriam	crotalistriās
ablative	crotalistriā	crotalistriīs
vocative	crotalistria	crotalistriae

References

• “crotalistria”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “crotalistria”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers