sickle
sickle
subs.
P. and V. δρέπᾰνον, τό (Eur. Cycl. 394).
subs.
P. and V. δρέπᾰνον, τό (Eur. Cycl. 394).
sickle (subs.):
1. falx, cis, f. (any hooked or curved cutting instrument): to apply a s. to the corn that is ripe for the harvest, f. maturis supponere aristis, Virg. G. 1, 348: more exactly, falx messoria (a reaping s., as distinguished from falx foenaria, a mowing s. or scythe). Dimin.: falcĭcŭla (a small s.): Pall.: Arn.
2. sĕcŭla (rare: the Campanian name for a s.): cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 31, 137.
1. falx, cis, f. (any hooked or curved cutting instrument): to apply a s. to the corn that is ripe for the harvest, f. maturis supponere aristis, Virg. G. 1, 348: more exactly, falx messoria (a reaping s., as distinguished from falx foenaria, a mowing s. or scythe). Dimin.: falcĭcŭla (a small s.): Pall.: Arn.
2. sĕcŭla (rare: the Campanian name for a s.): cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 31, 137.
sickle
Sickle
- adamantine: given to Cronus by Earth: Apollod. 1.1.2
- Zeus strikes Typhon down with an: Apollod. 1.6.3
- given to Perseus by Hermes: Apollod. 2.4.2