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{{Lewis
|lshtext=<b>mergae</b>: ārum, f. [[root]] marg-, to [[clear]] [[away]]; cf.: [[ἀμέργω]], [[ἀμέλγω]], mulgo, [[amurca]],<br /><b>I</b> a [[two]]-pronged pitchfork, [[with]] [[which]] [[corn]], [[when]] [[cut]], [[was]] made [[into]] heaps: [[mergae]] furculae, quibus acervi frugum fiunt, dictae a volucribus mergis, [[quia]], ut [[illi]] se in aquam mergunt, dum pisces persequuntur, sic messores eas in [[fruges]] demergunt, ut elevare possint manipulos, Paul. ex Fest, p. 124 Müll.: mergas [[datus]], ut hortum fodiat, Plaut. Poen. 5, 2, 58: multi mergis, alii pectinibus spicam ipsam legunt, Col. 2, 21, 3.—Comically: si attigeris [[ostium]], jam [[tibi]] [[hercle]] in [[ore]] fiet [[messio]] mergis pugneis, i. e. a [[rich]] [[crop]] of fisticuffs, Plaut. Rud. 3, 4, 58.
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{{Gaffiot
|gf=<b>mergæ</b>, ārum, f. ([[merges]]), fourches [pour soulever les gerbes] : Pl. Pœn. 872 ; Col. Rust. 2, 20, 3 ; P. Fest. 124 &#124;&#124; [plais<sup>t</sup>] mergæ pugneæ Pl. Rud. 763, poings servant de fourches.||[plais<sup>t</sup>] mergæ pugneæ Pl. Rud. 763, poings servant de fourches.
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{{Georges
|georg=mergae, ārum, f. (vgl. griech. [[ἀμέργω]], streife ab), die [[Gabel]], [[womit]] das abgemähte [[Getreide]] in [[Haufen]] gebracht wurde, Plaut. Poen. 1018. Colum. 2, 31, 3; vgl. Paul. ex [[Fest]]. 124, 1. – scherzh., si attigeris [[ostium]], [[iam]] [[hercle]] [[tibi]] mergeis in ore fiet [[messis]] pugneis, kriegst du eine reiche [[Ernte]] [[von]] Faustschlägen ins [[Gesicht]], Plaut. rud. 763. Vgl. Voß Verg. georg. 1, 287. p. 238.
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{{trml
|trtx====[[pitchfork]]===
Albanian: sfurk; Arabic: شوكة, مذراة; Armenian: եղան; Azerbaijani: yaba, beşbarmaq; Bashkir: һәнәк; Belarusian: ві́лы; Bulgarian: вила; Catalan: forca; Chamicuro: ashtoli; Chinese Mandarin: [[杈]], [[叉]]; Crimean Tatar: senek; Czech: vidle; Danish: høtyv, fork; Dutch: [[hooivork]], [[mestvork]], [[riek]]; Esperanto: forkego; Estonian: hang; Finnish: hanko, heinähanko, talikko; French: [[fourche]]; Friulian: forcje; Gagauz: diiren; Galician: forcada, galleta; German: [[Heugabel]], [[Mistgabel]]; Alemannic German: Furgge; Greek: [[δίκρανο]], [[δικράνι]], [[πιρούνα]]; Ancient Greek: [[ἄγκυρα]], [[δίκρανον]], [[ἀγκύρισμα]], [[δικράνιον]]; Hungarian: vasvilla; Icelandic: heygaffall; Ido: forko; Ingrian: hanko; Irish: píce; Italian: [[forcone]], [[forca]]; Japanese: ピッチフォーク; Komi-Zyrian: вила, лэбын; Latin: [[mergae]], [[furcilla]]; Lezgi: кьуьк; Luxembourgish: Mëschtgreef; Macedonian: вила; Mari Eastern Mari: шаньык; Western Mari: шеньӹк; Maricopa: chmaly; Mazanderani: لیفا; Mòcheno: gabel; Mongolian Cyrillic: өвсний сэрээ; Nogai: сенек; Northern Sami: háŋgu; Norwegian: fork, høygaffel; O'odham: cuaʼaknakud; Persian: هید, چنگک; Polish: widły; Portuguese: [[forcado]], [[forquilha]], [[garfo]]; Romanian: furcă; Russian: [[вилы]]; Serbo-Croatian Cyrillic: виле, рачве; Roman: vile, račve; Slovak: vidly; Slovene: vile; Spanish: [[bieldo]], [[horca]], [[forca]], [[bielgo]], [[aventador]], [[aviento]], [[bielda]], [[horquilla]], [[horqueta]], [[horcón]]; Swedish: högaffel, hötjuga; Tarifit: tazzart; Thai: คราด; Tibetan: ཁ་བྲག; Turkish: yaba, dirgen; Udmurt: вилка; Ukrainian: вила, ґаблі, габлі; Vietnamese: chĩa; Walloon: fotche, fonne; Welsh: picwarch, fforch wair
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