sarculum

sarcŭlum, i, n. (masc. collat. form, acc. plur., sarculos, Pall. 1, 43, 3) [sario = sarrio],

• an implement for loosening the soil, weeding, etc., a light hoe (cf.: ligo, pastinum), Cato R. R. 10, 3; 155, 1; Varr. L. L. 5, § 134 Müll.; Col. 2, 11, 10; Plin. 18, 7, 18, § 79 (Jahn, sacculo); 19, 6, 33, § 109; Ov. M. 11, 36; id. F. 1, 699; Hor. C. 1, 1, 11; Vulg. Isa. 7, 25.

sārculum, ī, n. (sarrio od. sario), eine kleine ein- od. zweizinkige Hacke zum Behacken, Auflockern und Jäten des Bodens, die kleine Hacke, die Gartenhacke, Jäthacke, Script. r. r., Plin. u.a.: sarculis arant, sie bedienen sich der Hacke statt des Pfluges, Plin.: ruratio omnis in sarculo et surculo, Apul. – scherzh., sarculum hinc illo profectus illim rediisti rutrum, Pompon. com. 90. – Nbf. sārculus, ī, m., Pallad. 1, 43, 3.

sarculum, ~us [CL] 1 hoe, mattock; b (fig.). qui ~um perfrangit et ante fracturam non habuit, aut illud extraordinario opere restituat aut superponat Gildas Pen. 26; ~um ferrum, id uueadhoc EE 23. A 28; †surculus [l. ~us], wingeardes screadungisen Ælf. Gl. 106; videres ‥ abbatem ‥ manu rastrum vel ~um gestantem ad agriculturam preire monachos omnes G. Crispin Herl. 40; sicut ~o vel falce herbe inutiles exciduntur Neckam NR II 68 p. 169; fabri fabricant super incudem, cum malleis et forcipibus ‥ ferrum ‥ ad ~a [gl.: sarceus, wedhoc A.], non preteriundo falces ad prata Garl. Dict. 131; hoc serculum, a wedhoc WW.  b 786 perstrinximus omni anno ‥ duo haberi concilia, ut sicut boni agricultores ~o nascentes spinas de cordibus delinquentium radicitus amputare valeant Ep. Alcuin. 3 p. 21; justa potius plantaria cum malis pariter, secanti intercepta ~o, eradicando praecidant B. V. Dunst. prol. 1 p. 4; quia durus sit sermo iste, et ~us noster acutior nimis usque ad vivum secet J. Ford Serm. 117. 5; ut fructum faciat per ~um discipline P. Blois Serm. 13. 600A; 1228 ut Dominus custodem haberet in vineis, ut manus putantis et †suculus [l. ~us] non deesset †excolantis [l. excolentis] (Lit. ad Papam) Reg. S. Osm. II 112; ortolanus in ortulo, / seca salutis sarculo / veprem, ne crescens noceat J. Howd. Cyth. 104. 5; ecce migrat qui mortis sarculo / trabem trahit ex mentis oculo Id. Ph. 912. 2 ? f. l. in sarculum [? l. circulum; but cf. Is. vii 25] suum percussit et in grassantes ulterius processit et omnes regiam proteccionem impetrantes excommunicavit V. Ed. II f. 193.

sarcŭlum, (13) ī, n. (sarrio) Cato Agr. 10, 3 ; Col. Rust. 2, 11, 10 et sarculus, ī, m. , Pall. 1, 43, 3, sarcloir || hoyau, boue : Hor. O. 1, 1, 11.

sarculum ī, n

• SAR-, a light hoe, garden-hoe: findere sarculo Agros, H.: dispersa per agros Sarcula, O.

SARCULUM

SA´RCULUM(a sarriendo, Varro, L. L. 5.31, σκαλίς, σκαλιστήριον), a hoe. (Hor. Od. 1.1, 11; Ovid, Ov. Met. 11.36, Fast. 1.699, 4.927; Plant. Truc. 2.2, 21; Cato, de Re Rust. 10; Columella (Colum. 10.21.) It was lighter than the MARRA(compare Plin. Nat.17.146, 19.241), and was sometimes a simple blade, sometimes two-pronged (Pallad. 1.43). It was also used like the RASTRUMto cover the seed when sown (Columella (Colum. 2.11), and in mountainous countries it served instead of a plough (Plin. Nat.18.19.178). Directions for using it to clear the surface of the ground (σκάλλειν, Hdt. 2.14; σκαλεύειν, Schol. in Theocrit. 10.14) are given by Palladius (de Re Rust. 2.9). See also Juven. 15.166, and Mayor's note.

[J.Y] [G.E.M]

Sarcŭlum

and sarcŭlus (σκαλίς). A light hoe, smaller than the ligo (q. v.), used in weeding gardens, etc. (Pliny , Pliny H. N. xix. 33).