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
 

Noun

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

  1. clapper, rattle, castanet
    Synonym: κρέμβᾰλᾰ (krémbala)

Inflection
Second declension of τὸ κρότᾰλον; τοῦ κροτᾰ́λου (Attic)
Case / # Singular Dual Plural
Nominative τὸ κρότᾰλον
tò krótalon		 τὼ κροτᾰ́λω
tṑ krotálō		 τᾰ̀ κρότᾰλᾰ
tà krótala
Genitive τοῦ κροτᾰ́λου
toû krotálou		 τοῖν κροτᾰ́λοιν
toîn krotáloin		 τῶν κροτᾰ́λων
tôn krotálōn
Dative τῷ κροτᾰ́λῳ
tôi krotálōi		 τοῖν κροτᾰ́λοιν
toîn krotáloin		 τοῖς κροτᾰ́λοις
toîs krotálois
Accusative τὸ κρότᾰλον
tò krótalon		 τὼ κροτᾰ́λω
tṑ krotálō		 τᾰ̀ κρότᾰλᾰ
tà krótala
Vocative κρότᾰλον
krótalon		 κροτᾰ́λω
krotálō		 κρότᾰλᾰ
krótala
Notes:
  • This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms
  • κροτᾰλῐ́ζω (krotalízō)
  • κροτᾰλῐσμός (krotalismós)
  • κροτᾰλῐ́στρῐᾱ (krotalístriā)
  • κροτᾰλῐστῐ́ς (krotalistís)
  • κροτᾰ́λῐᾰ (krotália)
  • ὀνοκρότᾰλος (onokrótalos)

Descendants
  • → Latin: crotalum
  • → Translingual: Crotalus

Further reading
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