crotalistria

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Βέλτιστε, μὴ τὸ κέρδος ἐν πᾶσι σκόπει → Amice, ubique lucra sectari cave → Mein bester Freund, sieh nicht in allem auf Profit

Menander, Monostichoi, 59

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).