pruning-knife

pruning-knife
subs.
P. and V. δρέπᾰνον, τό (Eur. Cycl. 394).

pruning-knife: falx, ferrum: v. TO PRUNE (examples). For fig. sense, expr. by ampŭto, rĕsĕco, rĕcīdo: brilliant passages, but needing the p., *splendida quaedam, sed quae quasi amputantis manum desiderare videntur: v. TO PRUNE (II.).