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|Definition=ατος, τό, (δράσσομαι) <span class="sense"><span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">handful;</b> esp. [[as many stalks of corn as the reaper can grasp]] in his left hand, [[truss]], <span class="bibl">Il.11.69</span>, <span class="bibl">18.552</span>; also, [[sheaf]], = [[ἄμαλλα]], <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">HG</span>7.2.8</span>, <span class="bibl">Theoc.10.44</span>, <span class="bibl">Ph.<span class="title">Bel.</span>86.24</span>, <span class="bibl"><span class="title">BGU</span> 757.16</span> (i A. D.), <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Publ.</span>8</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">II</span> later, [[uncut corn]], AP11.365.10 (Agath.), <span class="bibl">Luc.<span class="title">Hes.</span>7</span>: metaph., πρώτης δράγματα φυταλιῆς [[first-fruits]], AP6.44 (Leon. (?)), cf. <span class="bibl">LXX <span class="title">Le.</span>23.12</span>. </span><span class="sense"><span class="bld">III</span> <b class="b3">ἐποίησεν ἡ γῆ δράγματα</b> brought forth [[by handfuls]], i. e. [[plenty]], ib.<span class="bibl"><span class="title">Ge.</span>41.47</span>.</span>