πλαταγώνιον

A. broad petal of the poppy or anemone, so called because lovers took omens from it, laying it on the left hand, and striking it with the right, and it was a good omen if it burst with a loud crack, Theoc. 11.57, cf. Nic. Fr. 74.43, Poll. 9.127 ; τῷ μηκῶνος π. J. AJ 3.7.6 (vulg. πλαταγῶνι) ; cf. τηλέφιλον.