δράγ-μα,ατος,τό, (δράσσομαι)
A. handful;esp.as many stalks of corn as the reaper can graspin his left hand,truss,
Il. 11.69 , 18.552 ; also,sheaf,
= ἄμαλλα , X. HG 7.2.8 , Theoc. 10.44 , Ph. Bel. 86.24 , BGU 757.16
(i A. D.), Plu. Publ. 8 .
II. later,uncut corn,
AP 11.365.10 ( Agath. ), Luc. Hes. 7 : metaph., πρώτης δράγματα φυταλιῆς first-fruits,
AP 6.44
( Leon. (?)), cf. LXX Le. 23.12 .
III. ἐποίησεν ἡ γῆ δράγματαbrought forthby handfuls,i. e.plenty,ib. Ge. 41.47 .