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falx , falcis, f. perh. akin to flecto,
I.a sickle, reaping-hook, a pruning-hook, scythe.
I. Prop., Cato, R. R. 10, 3; 11, 4; Varr. R. R. 1, 22, 5; Cic. Tusc. 5, 23, 65; id. Mil. 33, 91; Verg. G. 1, 348: Ov. F. 4, 914; Hor. C. 1, 31, 9 et saep.—
II. Transf., a military implement shaped like a sickle, used in sieges to pull down walls or the enemies stationed on the walls; a hook: “falces praeacutae insertae affixaeque longuriis: non absimili formā muralium falcium,” Caes. B. G. 3, 14, 5; 5, 42 fin.; 7, 22; Sisenn. ap. Non. 556, 22; Curt. 4, 3, 8; Tac. H. 3, 27; Stat. Ach. 2, 419.—Of the scythes with which chariots were armed, Curt. 4, 15, 2.
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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    • Caesar, Gallic War, 3.14.5
    • Cicero, For Milo, 33.91
    • Vergil, Georgics, 1.348
    • Tacitus, Historiae, 3.27
    • Cicero, Tusculanae Disputationes, 5.23
    • Statius, Achilleis, 2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.15.2
    • Curtius, Historiarum Alexandri Magni, 4.3.8
    • Ovid, Fasti, 4
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