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Illustrated Companion to the Latin Dictionary/Dentale

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This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Rich, Anthony (1849). The illustrated companion to the Latin dictionary, and Greek lexicon. p. vi. OCLC 894670115. https://archive.org/details/illustratedcompa00rich. 

DENTA'LE (ἔλυμα). The share-beam of a plough, to which the share (vomer) was attached. (Columell. ii. 2. 24.) In the annexed example (Dentale/1.1), from an engraved gem, the dentale is shod with an iron head, marked dark in the engraving. Compare ARATRUM, 2., which shows a plough of more perfect construction, on which the dentale is distinguished by the letter B.

2. Dentale duplici dorso. (Virg. Georg. i. 172.) A share-beam with a double back; i. e. which opens behind in two parts, but meets at a point in front, where the share is fixed; in the manner exemplified by the annexed engraving (Dentale/2.1), which represents a plough still in common use amongst the agricultural population on the bay of Taranto.

  • Dentale/1.1
    Dentale/1.1
  • Dentale/2.1
    Dentale/2.1

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