crotalistria
τίς γὰρ ἁδονᾶς ἄτερ θνατῶν βίος ποθεινὸς ἢ ποία τυραννίς; τᾶς ἄτερ οὐδὲ θεῶν ζηλωτὸς αἰών → What human life is desirable without pleasure, or what lordly power? Without it not even the life of the gods is enviable.
Latin > English (Lewis & Short)
crŏtălistrĭa: ae, f. κροταλίζω,
I a (female) castanet dancer, Prop. 4 (5), 8, 39. —
II Poet., transf., a (rattling) stork, P. Syrus ap. Petr. 55 (cf. Ov. M. 6, 97).
Latin > French (Gaffiot 2016)
crŏtălistrĭa,¹⁵ æ, f., joueuse de castagnettes : Prop. 4, 8, 39 ; P. Syr. d. Petr. 55, 6, 6.
Latin > German (Georges)
crotalistria, ae, f. (κροταλίζω), I) die Kastagnettentänzerin, Prop. 4, 8, 39. – II) poet. übtr., der klappernde Storch, P. Syrus inc. fab. 8. p. 304 R.2 (bei Petron. 55, 6).
Latin > English
crotalistria crotalistriae N F :: castanet-dancer (female); (applied to stork from the rattling sound it makes)
