I.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.
mergae , ārum, f. root marg-, to clear away; cf.: ἀμέργω, ἀμέλγω, mulgo, amurca,
A Latin Dictionary. Founded on Andrews' edition of Freund's Latin dictionary. revised, enlarged, and in great part rewritten by. Charlton T. Lewis, Ph.D. and. Charles Short, LL.D. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1879.
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