δρέπανον

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πολλὰ τὰ δεινὰ κοὐδὲν ἀνθρώπου δεινότερον πέλειmany things are formidable, and none more formidable than man | wonders are many, and none is more wonderful than man | many things are bad, but nothing is more atrocious than man

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Full diacritics: δρέπᾰνον Medium diacritics: δρέπανον Low diacritics: δρέπανον Capitals: ΔΡΕΠΑΝΟΝ
Transliteration A: drépanon Transliteration B: drepanon Transliteration C: drepanon Beta Code: dre/panon

English (LSJ)

τό, also δράπανον (q. v.), (δρέπω)

   A = δρεπάνη, δ. εὐκαμπές Od.18.368; χαλκέοις ἤμα δ. S.Fr.534; the usual form in Prose and Com., Hdt.1.125, etc.; δ. θεριστικόν PMagd.8.6 (iii B. C.).    2 pruning-knife, Pl.R.333d.    3 scythe, X. Cyr.6.1.30.    4 curved sword, scimitar, Hdt.5.112, 7.93, Ar.Ra.576.

German (Pape)

[Seite 666] τό (δρέπω), in Prosa die gew. Form für δρεπάνη, obwohl Moeris letzteres für attisch erkl.; Homer einmal, Odyss. 18, 368 δρέπανον εὐκαμπές, zum Grasmähen; vgl. δρεπάνη ; – Hes. Th. 162; Her. 1, 125 u. Folgde. – Uebh. = krummes Schwert, = ἅρπη, Her. 5, 112 u. sonst; die krumme Spitze des δορυδρέπανον, Pol. 22, 10, 5.

Greek (Liddell-Scott)

δρέπᾰνον: τό, (δρέπω) = δρεπάνη, δρ. εὐκαμπές, Ὀδ. Σ. 368· χαλκέοις ἀμᾶν δρ. Σοφ. Ἀποσπ. 479· ὁ συνήθης τύπος παρὰ πεζοῖς, Ἡροδ. 1. 125 καὶ Ἀττ.· ἐργαλεῖον θεριστικὸν ἐπικαμπές, Ξεν. Κύρ. 6. 1, 30. 2) εἶδος ξίφους ἐπικαμποῦς, δρεπανοειδοῦς, «σπαθί», ἅρπη, Λατ. ensis falcatus, Ἡρόδ. 5. 112, 7. 93.