κρόταλον

English (LSJ)

τό, (κροτέω) in pl.,

   A 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.); οἶδ' 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.).