κρόταλον: Difference between revisions

|Definition=τό, (κροτέω) in plural, <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> [[clapper]], used in the worship of Cybele, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">h.Hom.</span>14.3</span>, <span class="bibl">Pi.<span class="title">Fr.</span>79</span>, <span class="bibl">Hdt.2.60</span>, <span class="bibl">Arist.<span class="title">Mir.</span>839a1</span>; of Dionysus, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hel.</span>1308</span> (lyr.), cf. <span class="bibl"><span class="title">Cyc.</span>205</span>: generally, in dances, <span class="title">AP</span> 5.174 (Mel.), <span class="bibl">11.195</span> (Diosc.). </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> sg., metaph., of persons, '[[rattle]]', <span class="bibl">Ar.<span class="title">Nu.</span>260</span>, <span class="bibl">448</span> (anap.); οἶδ' ἄνδρα, κρόταλον δριμύ <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Cyc.</span>104</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> a name for the [[narcissus]], Eumach. ap. <span class="bibl">Ath.15.681e</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">IV</span> <b class="b3">κόρταλος σημαίνει τὸν κρότον τῆς ψυχῆς</b> <span class="title">EM</span> post [[κορυθαίολος]] (cod. Voss.); [[κορτάλων]] is perhaps required by the metre in E.<span class="title">Hyps.Fr.</span>1 ii 9 (lyr.).</span>