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sīstrum , i, n., = σεῖστρον,
I.a metallic rattle which was used by the Egyptians in celebrating the rites of Isis, and in other lascivious festivals, Ov. Am. 2, 13, 11; id. P. 1, 1, 38; id. M. 9, 692; 9, 777; 9, 783; id. A. A. 3, 635; Mart. 14, 54, 2; Juv. 13, 93; Stat. S. 3, 2, 102; App. M. 2, p. 127; 11, p. 258; “11, p. 261 al.—By the Jews,Vulg. 1 Reg. 18, 6.—Hence sarcastically, as if used for a war - trumpet by the wanton Cleopatra, Verg. A. 8, 696; Prop. 3, 11 (4, 10), 43; Luc. 10, 63; Isid. Orig. 3, 4; 18, 4.
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    • Ovid, Metamorphoses, 9.692
    • Vergil, Aeneid, 8.696
    • Old Testament, 1 Samuel, 18.6
    • Lucan, Civil War, 10.63
    • Ovid, Ex Ponto, 1.1
    • Sextus Propertius, Elegies, 3.11
    • Statius, Silvae, 3.2
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