crotalum
Meanings
noun
- A kind of clapper or castanet used in religious dances by groups in Ancient Greece (including the Korybants) and elsewhere.
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Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin crotalum, from Ancient Greek κρόταλον (krótalon, “clapper, castanet, rattle”). Doublet of crotal.
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