δρεπάνη

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ἀλώπηξ, αἰετοῦ ἅ τ' ἀναπιτναμένα ῥόμβον ἴσχει → a fox, which, by spreading itself out, wards off the eagle's swoop

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Transliteration A: drepánē Transliteration B: drepanē Transliteration C: drepani Beta Code: drepa/nh

English (LSJ)

[ᾰ], ἡ, (δρέπω)

   A sickle, reaping-hook, ἤμων ὀξείας δρεπάνας ἐν χερσὶν ἔχοντες Il.18.551, cf. AP9.383.9; pruning-hook, ἐτρύγων . . δρεπάνας ἐν χ. ἔχ. Hes.Sc.292: rare in Prose, Plu.Cleom.26, Alciphr. 3.19.

German (Pape)

[Seite 666] ἡ (δρεπω), Sichel; Homer einmal, Iliad. 18, 551 ὀξείας δρεπάνας, zum Abmähen des Getreides; vgl. δρέπανον; – zum Weinabschneiden, Hes. Sc. 292, u. einzeln bei sp. D., wie Menses Aeg. u. Rom. (IX, 383. 384); Opp. Hal. 5, 257. – In Prosa selten, Plut. Cleom. 26 δρεπάναις καὶ μαχαίραις . S. δρέπανον.