Lewis & Short

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* mergĕs, ĭtis, f. [mergae].

  1. I. A sheaf: cerealis mergite culmi, Verg. G. 2, 517.
  2. II. I. q. mergae, a two-pronged pitchfork, Plin. 18, 30, 72, § 296.