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κρόταλον

κρόταλον, a rattle, castanet

κρόταλ-ον, τό, (κροτέω) in pl.,
  • clapper, used in the worship of Cybele, h.Hom. 14.3, Pi. Fr. 79, Hdt. 2.60, Arist. Mir. 839a1; of Dionysus, E. Hel. 1308 (lyr.), cf. Cyc. 205: generally, in dances, AP 5.174 (Mel.), 11.195 (Diosc.).
    • II sg., metaph., of persons, ‘rattle’, Ar. Nu. 260, 448 (anap.); οἶδʼ ἄνδρα, κρόταλον δριμύ E. Cyc. 104.
    • III a name for the narcissus, Eumach. ap. Ath. 15.681e.
    • IV κόρταλος σημαίνει τὸν κρότον τῆς ψυχῆς EM post κορυθαίολος (cod. Voss.); κορτάλων is perh. required by the metre in E. Hyps.Fr. 1 ii 9 (lyr.).

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