marra

A New Latin Dictionary by Charlton T. Lewis Ph.D. and Charles Short, LL. D.

marra, ae, f. [etym. unknown], 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.

Related Words