κρέμβαλα
Ubi idem et maximus et honestissimus amor est, aliquando praestat morte jungi, quam vita distrahi → Where indeed the greatest and most honourable love exists, it is much better to be joined by death, than separated by life.
English (LSJ)
τά, castanets, Carm.Pop.3.
French (Bailly abrégé)
ων (τά) :
castagnettes.
Étymologie: DELG rac. expressive, cf. κρόταλον.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κρέμβᾰλα: τά, κρόταλα, ἅπερ εἶχον εἰς τοὺς δακτύλους αὑτῶν οἱ ὀρχούμενοι καὶ συνέκρουον αὐτὰ μετὰ ῥυθμοῦ πρὸς ὃν ἐγίνετο ἡ ὄρχησις, νῦν ὀνομάζονται Τουρκιστὶ «ζίλια», Ἀθήν. 636C· πρβλ. κρόταλον. (Πρβλ. Λατ. crepare, crepundiae).
Greek Monotonic
κρέμβᾰλα: τά, κρόταλα, θορυβώδη όργανα όπως οι καστανιέτες.
Frisk Etymological English
Grammatical information: n. pl.
Meaning: clapper, castanets (Ath. 14, 636c, Carm. Pop. 3; on the facts Weber RhM 82, 194f.).
Derivatives: κρεμβαλιάζω play with c., clapper (Hermipp. 31; Schwyzer 735) with κρεμβαλιαστύς (h. Ap. 162; Zumbach Neuerungen 8, Porzig Satzinhalte 181; cf. on βαμβαίνω).
Origin: PG [a word of Pre-Greek origin]X [probably]
Etymology: Technical word in -αλο- (κρόταλα, ῥόπαλον u. a.; Chantraine Formation 245 f.). Belongs to a group of sound-words, with anlaut (s)kr- and varying ending, a. o. a labial. Closest are Lat. crepō creak, Lith. skrebù, -ė́ti rustle Russ. kropotátь growl. [Gr. β cannot be due to the preceding nasal, as per Schwyzer 333]. - Pok. 569f. - The IE etym. does no explain the nasal; it rather points to a non-IE word, so poss. Pre-Greek; a word of this meaning can easily be a loan word.
Middle Liddell
κρέμβᾰλα, τά,
rattling instruments, like our castanets.
Frisk Etymology German
κρέμβαλα: {krémbala}
Grammar: n. pl.
Meaning: Klapper, Kastagnetten (Ath. 14, 636c, Carm. Pop. 3; zur Sache Weber RhM 82, 194f.).
Derivative: Davon κρεμβαλιάζω ‘mit K. spielen, klappern’ (Hermipp. 31; Schwyzer 735) mit κρεμβαλιαστύς (h. Ap. 162; Zumbach Neuerungen 8, Porzig Satzinhalte 181; vgl. auch zu βαμβαίνω).
Etymology: Technisches Wort auf -αλο- (κρόταλα, ῥόπαλον u. a.; Chantraine Formation 245 f.). Gehört zu einer großen Gruppe Schallwörtern, die einen Anlaut (s)qr- und einen wechselnden Auslaut, u. a. einen Labial, enthalten. Am nächsten kommen lat. crepō knarren, krachen, lit. skrebù, -ė́ti rascheln russ. kropotátь brummen; gr. β kann von der vorangehenden Nasalinfigierung bedingt sein (vgl. Schwyzer 333). — WP. 1, 415f., Pok. 569f.
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