κροτών
From LSJ
Ὁ δὲ μὴ δυνάμενος κοινωνεῖν ἢ μηδὲν δεόμενος δι' αὐτάρκειαν οὐθὲν μέρος πόλεως, ὥστε ἢ θηρίον ἢ θεός → Whoever is incapable of associating, or has no need to because of self-sufficiency, is no part of a state; so he is either a beast or a god
English (LSJ)
ῶνος, ὁ,
A tick, Ixodes ricinus, Arist.HA552a15, Agatharch.58, Dsc.1.77, Plu.2.55e: prov., ὑγιέστερος κροτῶνος Men.318 (but Str.6.1.12 has Κρότωνος). II castor-oil tree, Ricinus communis (cf.κίκι), Hp.Mul.2.201, Thphr.HP1.10.1, 3.18.7, PRev.Laws39.3, al. (iii B. C.), etc. 2 in pl., seeds of the tree, PCair.Zen.499.10 (iii B. C.); in full, κ. κίκεως Gal.19.743. III part of the ear, Poll.2.85. (Hdn. Gr.1.36 distinguishes κροτών from Κρότων the place-name.)
