mergĕs, ĭtis, f. [mergae].
I A sheaf : cerealis mergite culmi, Verg. G. 2, 517.—
II I. q. mergae, a two-pronged pitchfork , Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 296.
merges itis, f mergae; MERG-, a sheaf , V. ...
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