Crotoniates

Latin

Etymology

From Koine Greek Κροτωνῐᾱ́της (Krotōniā́tēs), from Ancient Greek Κροτωνῐ́ᾱ (Krotōníā) + masculine demonymic suffix -της (-tēs), essentially Crotōniās +‎ -tēs.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kro.toː.niˈaː.teːs/, [krɔt̪oːniˈäːt̪eːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kro.to.niˈa.tes/, [krot̪oniˈäːt̪es]

Proper noun

Crotōniātēs m (genitive Crotōniātae); first declension

1. (demonym) native or inhabitant of Crotone (a city in Magna Graecia; now a town and province of Calabria, southern Italy.)

Declension

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	Crotōniātēs	Crotōniātae
Genitive	Crotōniātae	Crotōniātārum Crotōniātūm
Dative	Crotōniātae	Crotōniātīs
Accusative	Crotōniātēn	Crotōniātā̆s
Ablative	Crotōniātē	Crotōniātīs
Vocative	Crotōniātē	Crotōniātae

Related terms

• Crotō, Crotōn
• Crotōna
• Crotōniās
• Crotōniēnsis

Further reading

• “Crotoniates”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Crotoniates in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette, page 445.
• Crotoniates in Georges, Karl Ernst, Georges, Heinrich (1913–1918) Ausführliches lateinisch-deutsches Handwörterbuch, 8th edition, volume 1, Hahnsche Buchhandlung, columns 1768—1769