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Ἀγρίφη · rake, harrow (α 365) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

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α361wildness
α362wild-eyed
α363Agrippa
α364agrippos
α365rake, harrow
α366land-waster
α367assembling
α368country-dwellers
α369countrymen, rurals

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Ἀγρίφη

rake, harrow

Translated by Anne Mahoney28 Aug 1998Vetting: high4 revisions

agriculture
daily life
dialects, grammar, and etymology
science and technology

1 note · 9 words

Translation

[Meaning] a fork,¹ a farm tool with multiple protrusions.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἀγρίφη· δίκελλα, σκεῦος γεωργικὸν πολύγομφον.

Betacode

*)agri/fh: di/kella, skeu=os gewrgiko\n polu/gomfon.

Notes (1)

See already alpha 351, with a simpler gloss. The additions in the present one are also in Eudemus; it is not certain that they reflect any real grasp of what this tool looked like.

1Or, mattock, pickaxe; cf. delta 1087.

Linked from2 entries

α351Ἀγρεῖφναrake, harrowA farm tool, with which they collect hay. "Alkimos [dedicated] his toothless rake and a share of a noise-loving shovel bereft of its olivewood handle."
δ1087Δίκελλαfork, mattock[Meaning a] farm implement [of that name]. "[For] those obtaining their livelihood not with oxen and fork, but with horse and sword." Also [sc. attested is the related noun] dikelli/ths ["fork-man/fork-user"].

Neighbouring entries

α363ἈγρίππαςAgrippa α364Ἄγριπποςagrippos α365Ἀγρίφηrake, harrow α366Ἀγρολέτειραland-waster α367Ἀγρόμενοιassembling

Revision history4 revisions · last 9 Apr 2015

9 Apr 2015expanded notes; tweaking — David Whitehead
2 Oct 2005another keyword — David Whitehead
16 Jul 2001modified translation; added note and keyword — David Whitehead
20 May 2000Revised — Shannon N. Byrne
28 Aug 1998Translated — Anne Mahoney

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἀγρίφη (Adler number alpha 365), trans. Anne Mahoney, 28 Aug 1998. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/alpha/365

Translation by Anne Mahoney for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, Shannon N. Byrne, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗