The corpus record

λισγάριον

lisgarion

spade, mattock

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What it meant

1. λισγάριον · lisgarion — Beekes

λισγάριον [adj.) ‘spade, mattock’ (sch. Theoc. 4, 10, Suid. s.v. oxageidtov). «ΡΟ» *DIAL MoGr. λισγάρι. eETYM A diminutive derived from *Aicyoc, which is unexplained itself. Several hypotheses have been advanced: from *Aiy-oxoc to Lat. ligé ‘mattock’; from "λίδoxoc or *Aid-yos, related to » Aiotpov. Fur.: 294 objects to a suffix -ox-, referring to Schwyzer: 541. So the word is rather Pre-Greek. — [Beekes, s.v. λισγάριον, p. 913]

2. λισγάριον · lisgarion — LSJ

spade, mattock, rake, harrow

spade, mattock, Sch. Theoc. 4.10, Suid. s.v. σκαφείδιον. (Mod.Gr. λισγάρι, a kind of rake or harrow.)

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