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liknon · τό
winnowing-fan
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λίκνον · liknon — LSJ
winnowing-fan, i.e. a broad basket, in which the corn was placed after threshing, and then thrown against the wind so as to winnow the grain from the chaff, Arist. Mete. 368b29; sacred to Dionysus, and carried on the head at his festivals, AP 6.165 (Phal.); also to Athena, S. Fr. 844; cf. λικνίτης, λικνοφόρος.
cradle, h.Merc. 21, 150, al., Call. Jov. 48, Arat. 268, Gal. 6.37, etc.
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