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λίκνον , τό (also λεῖκνον acc. to Hdn.Gr.2.543, and λικμός (q.v.)),
A.winnowing-fan, i.e. a broad basket, in which the corn was placed after threshing, and then thrown against the wind so as to winnow the grain from the chaff, Arist.Mete.368b29; sacred to Dionysus, and carried on the head at his festivals, AP6.165 (Phal.); also to Athena, S.Fr.844; cf. λικνίτης, λικνοφόρος.
II. cradle, h.Merc.21.150, al., Call.Jov.48, Arat.268, Gal.6.37, etc.
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