πλᾰτᾰγ-ώνιον,
τό,
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.