δράγ-μα, ατος, τό,
(δράσσομαι) handful; especially as many stalks of corn as the reaper can grasp in his left hand, truss, [[ 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.69, 18.552 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; also, sheaf, ={ἄμαλλα}, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 7.2.8, 3rd c.BC: Theocritus Poeta Bucolicus 10.44, 3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 86.24, “BGU” 757.16 (1st c.AD), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Publicola” 8. ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II later, uncut corn, [[ Anthologia Graeca 11.365.10 (6th c.AD: Agathias Historicus et Epigrammaticus), 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Hes.” 7: _metaphorically_, πρώτης δράγματα φυταλιῆς ] Refs 2nd c.AD+]first-fruits, [[ Anthologia Graeca 6.44 (1st c.AD: Leonidas Alexandrinus Epigrammaticus (?)), cf. LXX.Lev.23.12. ] LXX+1st c.AD+]
__III ἐποίησεν ἡ γῆ δράγματα brought forth by handfuls, i. e. plenty,[[LXX.Gen.41.47. ] LXX]