rake (subs.) Copy link Outline I. An agricultural implement1. rastellus (dimin. of rastrum, pl. rastri, this latter being a heavier implement, and serving to dig up soil, not merely to smooth or clear it)2. pecten, ĭnis, n. (a comb3. irpex, ĭcis, m. (a heavy farming implement)II. A vicious fellow1. nĕpos, ōtis (a spendthrift and prodigal)2. nĕbŭlo, ōnis, m. (a worthless fellow)3. vappa (a sort of slang term)4. homo discinctus, dissolutus5. găneo, ōnis (one who frequents eating-houses and brothels) • rake (subs.): I. An agricultural implement: 1. rastellus (dimin. of rastrum, pl. rastri, this latter being a heavier implement, and serving to dig up soil, not merely to smooth or clear it): Varr. L. L. 5, 31, 136 (where the rastellus is said to be the tool used by haymakers in clearing the mown grass): to clear the ground of stubble by means of r.s, stipulam de pratis rastellis eradere, id. R. R. 1, 49: Col. 2, 13. (But rastrum was perhaps also used to denote a common rake, cf. Col. 2, 13, med., ligneis rastris jacta semina obruere: also Ov. M. 13, 765, where Polyphemus uses a rastrum as his comb.) 2. pecten, ĭnis, n. (a comb: hence any similar instrument, a light r.): Ov. R. A. 192. 3. irpex, ĭcis, m. (a heavy farming implement): v. harrow II. A vicious fellow: 1. nĕpos, ōtis (a spendthrift and prodigal): to squander like a loose r., (divitias) discinctus perdere ut nepos, Hor. Epod. 1, 34: Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7. 2. nĕbŭlo, ōnis, m. (a worthless fellow): Hor. Ep. 1, 2, 28 (nebulones Alcinoique juventus). Join: vappa ac nebulo, id. S. 1, 1, 104. 3. vappa (a sort of slang term): cf. Hor. l. c. 4. homo discinctus, dissolutus: v. dissolute. 5. găneo, ōnis (one who frequents eating-houses and brothels): Ter. Heaut. 5, 4, 11: Cic. Cat. 2, 4, 7 (quis ganeo, quis adulter, quis nepos; from which the primary reference appears to be to gluttony rather than licentiousness): v. glutton.