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固有名詞

Croton

1. A river in southern New York.
2. Short for Croton-on-Hudson, a village in southern New York located along the Croton and Hudson rivers.
3. (dated) The water supply of New York City. [from 1840]
   • 1869, “Annual report of the Department of Public Charities of the City of New York”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, page 178:

     The pumps now draw water from this tank, instead of from the "Croton main" as formerly.

   • 1891, Transactions of the Royal Institute of British Architects‎, page 364:

     The water, supplied from the "Croton" main at the 68th Street side of the building, is connected by two pipes: one for direct service, and the other to supply a hot-air engine, which forces the water to the tank at the top of the house for a high or indirect service.

   • 1895 June 29, “THE POOR WATER SUPPLY; Business Men Alarmed by The New-York Times Exposures”, in New York Times:

     New York Cotton Exchange - A pressure of about 14 pounds from the Croton main

派生語

• Croton bug (cockroach)

語源 2

Borrowed from Latin Croton

固有名詞

Croton

1. (classical history) Crotone

参照

アナグラム

• Corton, contro-, corton

語源

From Ancient Greek Κρότων (Krótōn).

発音

• (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈkro.toːn/, [ˈkrɔt̪oːn]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈkro.ton/, [ˈkrɔːt̪on]

固有名詞

Crotōn f sg (genitive Crotōnis); third declension

1. Crotone (a city in Italy)

語形変化

Third-declension noun, with locative, singular only.

派生語

• Crotōniensis
• Crotōniātēs

参照

• “Croton”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
• Croton in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.