crotoniateEtymologyAdapted borrowing of Latin Crotōniātēs or its etymon Ancient Greek Κροτωνῐᾱ́της (Krotōnĭā́tēs) + -ate.adjOf or relating to Croton.“Crotoniate history in the archaic period was one of ups and downs. The successful wars against Siris and Sybaris have already been mentioned. Between these two high points of success came a disaster in a war against Locri, […]”nounA native or inhabitant of Croton.“It is related of Pythagoras that, after having lived in Crotona nearly twenty years, and soon after the victory gained in 510 b. c. by the Crotoniates, on the river Traeis, over the Sybarites, who were living under the monarchical rule of Telys, he was banished by an opposition party under Cylon, and that he removed to Metapontum and soon afterward died there.”