Ligo
δίκελλα
Ligo (δίκελλα or μάκελλα) was a hoe formed either of one broad iron or of two curved iron prongs fixed at right angles to the handle, which was used by the ancient husbandmen to clear the fields from weeds. (Ovid, ex Pont. 1.8, 59; Mart. 4.64; Stat. Theb. 3.589; Col. 10.89.) The liqo seems also to have been used in turning up and breaking the clods. (Hor. Carm. 3.6.38; Epist. 1.14, 27; Ovid, Amor. 3.10, 31; compare Dickson, On the Husbandry of the Ancients, i. p. 415.)
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.