κώταλις
From LSJ
τὸ βέλτερον κακοῦ καὶ τὸ δίμοιρον αἰνῶ, καὶ δίκᾳ δίκας ἕπεσθαι, ξὺν εὐχαῖς ἐμαῖς, λυτηρίοις μηχαναῖς θεοῦ πάρα → I approve the better kind of evil, the two-thirds kind, and that, in accordance with my prayers, through contrivances bringing salvation at the god’s hand
English (LSJ)
ἡ,
A ladle, stirrer, gloss on λάκτιν, EM555.18 (σκυτάλην codd.), Suid., Eust.1675.56.
German (Pape)
[Seite 1547] ἡ, = λάκτις, VLL., Stoßkeule, mit κόπτω zusammenhangend.
Greek (Liddell-Scott)
κώτᾰλις: ἡ, ὕπερον, «γουδοχέρι», Σουΐδ. Εὐστ. 1675· 57· ὡσαύτως = κώπη, σκυτάλη, Ἡσύχ. (Ἴσως ἐκ τοῦ κόπτω).