I.a sort of hoe for tearing up weeds, a weeding-hook, = ligo (post-Aug.).
I. Lit.: “tu penitus latis eradere viscera marris Ne dubita,” Col. 10, 72; id. 10, 89; Plin. 17, 21, 35, § 159; Juv. 15, 166.—
II. Transf., a hook: “(Silurus) in Danubio marris extrahitur,” Plin. 9, 14, 17, § 45.