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|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.