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PRONUNCIATION OF CROTALUM

crotalum  [ˈkrɒtələm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CROTALUM

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Crotalum is a noun.
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WHAT DOES CROTALUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

crotalum

Crotalum

In classical antiquity, a crotalum was a kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in ancient Greece and elsewhere, including the Korybantes. The term has been erroneously supposed by some writers to be the same with the sistrum. These mistakes are refuted at length by Friedrich Adolph Lampe in De cymbalis veterum. From the Suda and the Scholiast on Aristophanes, it appears to have been a split reed or cane, which clattered when shaken with the hand. According to Eustathius, it was made of shell and brass, as well as wood. Clement of Alexandria attributes the instruments invention to the Sicilians, and forbids the use thereof to the Christians, because of the motions and gestures accompanying the practice. Women who played on the crotalum were termed crotalistriae. Such was Virgil's Copa, "Crispum sub crotalo docta movere latus." This line alludes to the dance with crotala, for which we have the additional testimony of Macrobius. As the instrument made a noise somewhat like that of a crane's bill, the bird was called crotalistria, "player on crotala".

Definition of crotalum in the English dictionary

The definition of crotalum in the dictionary is a type of castanet, often used in religious dances in ancient Greece.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CROTALUM


Absalom
ˈæbsələm
alum
ˈæləm
asylum
əˈsaɪləm
cimbalom
ˈtsɪmbələm
column
ˈkɒləm
curriculum
kəˈrɪkjʊləm
cymbalom
ˈtsɪmbələm
emblem
ˈɛmbləm
Fulham
ˈfʊləm
Harlem
ˈhɑːləm
Jerusalem
dʒəˈruːsələm
Malayalam
ˌmælɪˈɑːləm
ornithogalum
ˌɔːnɪˈθɒɡələm
problem
ˈprɒbləm
Salem
ˈseɪləm
scybalum
ˈsɪbələm
speculum
ˈspɛkjʊləm
tantalum
ˈtæntələm
tropaeolum
trəʊˈpiːələm
Winston-Salem
ˈwɪnstənˈseɪləm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CROTALUM

crossword
crossword puzzle
crosswort
crostini
crotal
crotalaria
crotaline
crotalism
crotch
crotched
crotchet
crotcheteer
crotchetiness
crotchety
croton
Croton bug
croton oil
Crotone
crotonic acid
crottle

WORDS THAT END LIKE CROTALUM

antebellum
baculum
Blum
cerebellum
chrome alum
Colum
endoplasmic reticulum
frenulum
hoodlum
infundibulum
lum
paspalum
peplum
phylum
plum
potash alum
reticulum
slum
vellum
vestibulum

Synonyms and antonyms of crotalum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «crotalum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CROTALUM

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Translator English - Chinese

crotalum
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

crotalum
570 millions of speakers

English

crotalum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

crotalum
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

crotalum
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

crotalum
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

crotalum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

crotalum
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

crotales
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Crotalum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

crotalum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

crotalum
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

crotalum
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Crotalum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

crotalum
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

crotalum
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोटॉलुम
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

crotalum
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

crotalum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

crotalum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

crotalum
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

crotalum
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

crotalum
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

crotalum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

crotalum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

crotalum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of crotalum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CROTALUM»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CROTALUM» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about crotalum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CROTALUM»

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Ancient Greek Musical Instruments: Aulos, Barbiton, Chelys, ...
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.
Source Wikipedia, 2013
2
Bibliographic Index of North American Devonian Cephalopoda
[Not Orthoceras canstrictum VANUXEM, 1842.] Hamilton: Madison, N. Y.; and possibly the Hamilton of Pennsylvania and the Marcellus of New York. Spyroceras crotalum (Hall) Orthoceras crotalum HALL, Descriptions of new species of fossíls ...
3
A General History Of The Science and Practice Of Music: In ...
The Crotalum was made of a reed, divided into two by a slit from the top, extending half way downwards : the sides thus divided being struck one against the other with different motions of the hand9, produced a found like that which the stork ...
John Hawkins, 1776
4
Antiquities Explained: Being a Collection of Figured Gems ...
Daily Allowance of a Maid of Honor in' that Reign. Epigram of LEONTIUS on the naked GRACES of SMYRNA introduced and tranflated by the EXPOSITOR. • CONTENTS of XLIX. dn 0A/FAWN playing on the Crotalum.] Reference to the XXXI ...
George Ogle, 1737
5
The Royal Museum at Naples
PLATE. XIV. Dancer. to. the. Crotalum. BRONZE. Height, 10 20/25 inches. WE havespokenin theexplanation ofPlate XI. of the moriones, or fatui, of whom this dancer in bronze is one. He is entirely naked, the girdle round his loins being, ...
Colonel Fanin
6
Gleanings of Antiquities (etc.)
Aft idem ut manibus Crotalum pulfavit in altat Existens specula prospeElans, protinus iUa s Cum clamor e procul linquentes limit, ierunt. When Hercules t* Arcadia went to clear The Lake of the Stymphalian Birds were there J With Bow he could ...
‎1724
7
Geology of the Lewistown Coal Field, Montana
CROTALUM Hall. Plate X, figure 12. Orthoceras sp. c, Girty, Twentieth Ann. Rept. U. S. Ueol. Survey, pt. 2, 1900, p. 63. Six specimens in the collection represent a species which may be characterized as follows: The shell is an orthocone ...
William R. Calvert, 1909
8
An encyclopœdia, or dictionary of music
CROTALO, an instrument like the crotalum, and common in Turkey, Flanders, and Florence ; this instrument, producing but one tone, is simply rhythmic, but its effect in marking time, may be distinctly heard through the noise of 40 drums.
John Feltham Danneley, 1825
9
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; or, Universal dictionary of ...
It is the fame with the ancient CYMBALUM. CROTALUM, an ancient kind cf musical in- sirument, found on medals, in the hands of the priests of Cybele. It differed from the sistrum, though authors frequently confound the two. It consisted of two ...
Encyclopaedia Perthensis, 1816
10
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
OTALO, an instrument in modern military music, resembling the ancient Crotalum . The Turks were the first, among the moderns, who introduced the use of it for their troops. It is now common in Florence, and other territories on the continent* It ...

2 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CROTALUM»

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1
Greeks drum to a Japanese beat
... Greeks, noting the prevalence of percussion instruments in Greek music from ancient times, such as the rhoptron, crotalum and tambourine. «Neos Kosmos, Jul 15»
2
The ancient music and instruments of Ireland (PHOTOS)
Known as crotals, a Gaelic word derived from the Latin crotalum, meaning rattle, the pendants have a loop at one end, suggesting that they were probably ... «IrishCentral, May 14»

REFERENCE
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