δρέπᾰνον, τό,
also δράπανον (which see), (δρέπω) ={δρεπάνη}, δ. εὐκαμπές [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 18.368; χαλκέοις ἤμα δ. 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 534 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; the usual form in Prose and Comedy texts, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.125, etc.; δ. θεριστικόν “PMagd.” 8.6 (3rd c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__2 pruning-knife, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 333d. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__3 scythe, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.1.30. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__4 curved sword, scimitar, [[ 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.112, 7.93, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 576. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]