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.