κρουστός

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κρουσ- (krous-) (from κρούω (kroúō, to strike)) + -τός (-tós).

Pronunciation

 

Adjective

κρουστός • (kroustós) m (feminine κρουστή, neuter κρουστόν); first/second declension

(Koine)
  1. (music) played by striking (with a plectron) (of music instruments)
    κρουστά ὄργαναkroustá órganapercussion instruments

Inflection

  • κροῦμα n (kroûma, beat, stroke; play music instruments)
  • κροῦσις f (kroûsis, striking, smiting, collision)
  • κρουστικός (kroustikós, fit for striking, butting)
  • and see κρούω (kroúō, strike)

Greek

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kruˈstos/
  • Hyphenation: κρου‧στός

Etymology 1

From Hellenistic Koine Greek κρουστός, and a semantic loan from German Schlaginstrumente or French instruments à percussion.

Adjective

κρουστός (kroustós) m (feminine κρουστή, neuter κρουστό)

  1. (music) of or related to percussion instruments

Derived terms

  • κρουστά n pl (kroustá, percussion (instruments))

Etymology 2

From κρούστα f (kroústa, crust), borrowed from Latin crusta, or possibly via the Italian crosta + -ός.[1]

Adjective

κρουστός (kroustós) m (feminine κρουστή, neuter κρουστό)

  1. tightly woven
  2. full

Synonyms

  • πυκνοϋφασμένος (pyknoÿfasménos, participle)

Antonyms

  • αγανός (aganós)
  • αραιοϋφασμένος (araioÿfasménos, participle)

Declension

  • For sense percussion there are no degrees of comparison.

References

  1. κρουστός in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
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