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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>falx</b>: falcis, f. perh. [[akin]] to [[flecto]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[sickle]], [[reaping]]-[[hook]], a [[pruning]]-[[hook]], [[scythe]].<br /><b>I</b> Prop., [[Cato]], R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 5; Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; id. Mil. 33, 91; Verg. G. 1, 348: Ov. F. 4, 914; Hor. C. 1, 31, 9 et saep.—<br /><b>II</b> Transf., a [[military]] [[implement]] shaped [[like]] a [[sickle]], used in sieges to [[pull]] [[down]] walls or the enemies stationed on the walls; a [[hook]]: falces praeacutae insertae affixaeque longuriis: non absimili formā [[muralium]] falcium, Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5; 5, 42 fin.; 7, 22; Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 22; Curt. 4, 3, 8; Tac. H. 3, 27; Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—Of the scythes [[with]] [[which]] chariots were [[armed]], Curt. 4, 15, 2.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>falx</b>,¹⁰ falcis, f., [[faux]], faucille, serpe : [[Cato]] Agr. 10, 3 ; 11, 4 ; 135, 1 ; Cic. Tusc. 5, 65 ; vineatica [[Varro]] R. 1, 22, 5, serpette à tailler la vigne &#124;&#124; [[faux]] murale : Cæs. G. 7, 22, 2 &#124;&#124; [[faux]] [arme de guerre, analogue à la [[faux]] murale] : Cæs. G. 3, 14, 5 &#124;&#124; [[faux]] armant les chars : Lucr. 3, 648 ; Curt. 4, 15, 2 ; Gell. 5, 3, 3.||[[faux]] murale : Cæs. G. 7, 22, 2||[[faux]] [arme de guerre, analogue à la [[faux]] murale] : Cæs. G. 3, 14, 5||[[faux]] armant les chars : Lucr. 3, 648 ; Curt. 4, 15, 2 ; Gell. 5, 3, 3.
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{{Georges
|georg=falx, falcis, Genet. Plur. falcium, f., jedes sichelförmige [[Werkzeug]], I) im [[Landbau]]: a) die [[Sichel]], [[Sense]], fenaria, [[Cato]] u.a.: messoria, Pallad. u. ICt.: immissi cum falcibus [[multi]] purgarunt et aperuerunt locum, Cic. – b) die [[Hippe]], das [[Winzermesser]], Gartenmesser, arborea, [[Varro]]: vineatica, [[Cato]]: vinitoria, Col.: putatoria, Pallad. u. ICt.: dentata, Col.: lunata, Pallad.: absol., premere vitem falce, Hor. – II) im [[Kriegswesen]], a) die [[Sichel]] am [[Streitwagen]], [[currus]] cum falcibus, Sichelwagen, Gell. 5, 3, 3: rotae falcesque rapaces, Lucr. 3, 648. – b) [[ein]] unserm Feuerhaken ähnlicher Brechhaken, Reißhaken, [[als]] [[Mauerbrecher]], Cic. u.a.: falces murales, Caes. Vgl. Garatoni Cic. Mil. 33, 91. p. 307 ed. Orell. [[Schneider]] Caes. b. G. 3, 14, 5. p. 256 sq.
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{{LaEn
|lnetxt=falx falcis N F :: sickle. scythe; pruning knife; curved blade; hook for tearing down walls
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