virgidemia

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ὀρχούμενός τις καὶ τὴν τοῦ Κρόνου τεκνοφαγίαν παρωρχεῖτο → a dancer was presenting Kronos who devoured his children, an actor portrayed Kronos who devoured his children

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Latin > English (Lewis & Short)

virgĭdēmĭa: ae, f. formed from virga, after the analogy of vindemia,
I a harvest of rods, i. e. of stripes or blows, Plaut. Rud. 3, 2, 22; Varr. ap. Non. p. 187, 13.