κρουστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρουσ- (krous-) (from κρούω (kroúō, “to strike”)) +‎ -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κρουστός • (kroustós) m (feminine κρουστή, neuter κρουστόν); first/second declension (Koine)

  1. (music) played by striking (with a plectron) (of music instruments)
    κρουστά ὄργανα ― kroustá órgana ― percussion instruments

Inflection

  • κροῦμα n (kroûma, “beat, stroke; play music instruments”)
  • κροῦσις f (kroûsis, “striking, smiting, collision”)
  • κρουστικός (kroustikós, “fit for striking, butting”)
  • and see κρούω (kroúō, “strike”)

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kruˈstos/
  • Hyphenation: κρου‧στός

Etymology 1

From Hellenistic Koine Greek κρουστός, and a semantic loan from German Schlaginstrumente or French instruments à percussion.

Adjective

κρουστός • (kroustós) m (feminine κρουστή, neuter κρουστό)

  1. (music) of or related to percussion instruments
Derived terms
  • κρουστά n pl (kroustá, “percussion (instruments)”)

Etymology 2

From κρούστα f (kroústa, “crust”), borrowed from Latin crusta, or possibly via the Italian crosta + -ός.[1]

Adjective

κρουστός • (kroustós) m (feminine κρουστή, neuter κρουστό)

  1. tightly woven
  2. full
Synonyms
  • πυκνοϋφασμένος (pyknoÿfasménos, participle)
Antonyms

Declension

  • For sense percussion there are no degrees of comparison.

References

  1. κρουστός - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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