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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=sistrum sistri N N :: brazen/metal rattle used in the worship of Isis
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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>sīstrum</b>: i, n., = [[σεῖστρον]],<br /><b>I</b> a metallic [[rattle]] [[which]] [[was]] used by the Egyptians in celebrating the rites of [[Isis]], and in [[other]] [[lascivious]] festivals, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 11; id. P. 1, 1, 38; id. M. 9, 692; 9, 777; 9, 783; id. A. A. 3, 635; Mart. 14, 54, 2; Juv. 13, 93; Stat. S. 3, 2, 102; App. M. 2, p. 127; 11, p. 258; 11, p. 261 al.—By the Jews, Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 6.—Hence [[sarcastically]], as if used for a [[war]] - [[trumpet]] by the [[wanton]] [[Cleopatra]], Verg. A. 8, 696; Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 43; Luc. 10, 63; Isid. Orig. 3, 4; 18, 4.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>sīstrum</b>,¹³ ī, n. ([[σεῖστρον]]), sistre : Virg. En. 8, 696 ; Ov. M. 9, 692 ; etc.
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{{Georges
|georg=sistrum, ī, n. (σειστρον), die in Ägypten [[bei]] dem Gottesdienste der [[Isis]] gebrauchte [[Klapper]], die Isisklapper, aus [[einigen]] [[durch]] [[ein]] [[Blech]] hindurchgesteckten metallenen [[Stäbchen]] bestehend, Ov. [[met]]. 9, 784. Sen. de vit. beat. 26, 8. Iuven. 13, 93. Apul. [[met]]. 11, 6: Plur., Ov. [[met]]. 9, 778. Mart. 14, 54, 2. Apul. [[met]]. 11, 10: [[als]] Kriegsinstrument, Verg. Aen. 8, 696. Prop. 3, 11, 43. Lucan. 10, 63. Pacat. pan. 33, 4.
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