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Headword: Ἀγρεῖφνα
Adler number: alpha,351
Translated headword: rake, harrow
Vetting Status: high
Translation:
A farm tool, with which they collect hay. "Alkimos [dedicated] his toothless rake and a share of a noise-loving shovel bereft of its olivewood handle."[1]
Greek Original:
Ἀγρεῖφνα: γεωργικὸν ἐργαλεῖον, δι' οὗ συνάγουσι τὸν χόρτον. ἄλκιμος ἀγρεῖφναν κενοδόντιδα καὶ φιλοδούπου φάρσος ἅμα στελεοῦ χῆρον ἐλαϊνέου.
Notes:
Feminine noun, also found in the form ἀγρίφη (alpha 365).
[1] An approximation of Greek Anthology 6.297.1-2 (the opening word is a proper name, and read ἄμας [cf. alpha 1574] for the Suda's ἅαμα ); cf. phi 116. The verb is supplied in translation here from line 6.
Keywords: agriculture; daily life; dialects, grammar, and etymology; imagery; poetry; religion
Translated by: Anne Mahoney on 28 August 1998@16:34:30.
Vetted by:
David Whitehead (augmented keywords; cosmetics) on 29 April 2002@08:27:51.
David Whitehead (another keyword) on 2 October 2005@11:08:14.
David Whitehead (tweaked tr; added primary note and more keywords; cosmetics) on 6 January 2012@08:20:25.
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