sistrum

sistrum
noun /ˈsɪstrəm/
An ancient Egyptian musical instrument, to be shaken, consisting of a metal frame holding percussive metal beads.

She moved with slow undulations of her body as lascivious as the curve of Hathfertiti’s hair, and the sistrum with its singing wires was played by a dwarf wearing nothing but a gold purse and a few bracelets on his stunted biceps.


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  • Sistrum — Sistrum in Hieroglyphen …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • SISTRUM — Instrumentum fuit Musicum, in Isidis sacris percuti solitum, oblongum, manubriatum in ima parte, cancellatum traiectis virgulis, et ut verbô dicatur, laminae ac praeterea nihil, definiente Pignoriô Comm. de Servis, qui proin virum doctum cum… …   Hofmann J. Lexicon universale

  • Sistrum — (ägypt. seschschet), Musikinstrument altägyptischer Frauen, das aus einem metallenen, in ovale Form gebogenen Reisen mit einem Stiel besteht. Mitten durch den Reisen gehen metallene Stäbe, die in Löchern leicht sich hin und her bewegen und… …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sistrum — Sis trum, [L., fr. Gr. ???, from ??? to shake.] (Mus.) An instrument consisting of a thin metal frame, through which passed a number of metal rods, and furnished with a handle by which it was shaken and made to rattle. It was peculiarly Egyptian …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Sistrum — (ägypt. Kemkem), von Isis erfundenes musikalisches Klapperinstrument der alten Ägyptier; es ist von dünnem Metall, länglich rund, oben gewölbt, unten etwas schmäler, in der Mitte hohl, der Breite nach von 4 Metallstäben durchschnitten u. mit… …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Sistrum — (grch. seistron), Rasselinstrument der alten Ägypter, beim Isisdienst gebraucht, ein Reif mit lose eingefügten Metallstäbchen [Abb. 1745] …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Sistrum — Sistrum, lat., musikalisches Instrument der Alten, aus Aegypten stammend, länglich runder, metallener Reif mit 4 metallenen Stäben u. einem Handgriff, gab geschwungen einen Ton, erscheint als Attribut der Isis …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • sistrum — sìstrūm m <G sistrúma> DEFINICIJA glazb. pov. drvena udaraljka u obrednoj upotrebi kod starih Egipćana, kasnije i kod drugih naroda; preteča triangla ETIMOLOGIJA lat. ← grč. seȋstron ≃ seíein: tresti …   Hrvatski jezični portal

  • sistrum — [sis′trəm] n. pl. sistrums or sistra [sis′trə] [ME < L < Gr seistron < seiein, to shake < IE * tweisō < base * twei , to shake] a metal rattle or noisemaker consisting of a handle and a frame fitted with loosely held rods, jingled… …   English World dictionary

  • Sistrum — A sistrum (plural: sistrums, sistraCitation | year =1988 | editor last= Stein | editor first= Jess | title = The Random House College Dictionary | place =New York | publisher =Random House | edition=Revised | page=1230 | isbn =0 394 43500 1] ) is …   Wikipedia

  • sistrum — /sis treuhm/, n., pl. sistrums, sistra / treuh/. an ancient Egyptian percussion instrument consisting of a looped metal frame set in a handle and fitted with loose crossbars that rattle when shaken. [1350 1400; ME < L < Gk seîstron, deriv. of… …   Universalium

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