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.
rake (v.) Copy link Outline I. Lit. rādo, si, sum, 3 (to scrape in any way, whence rastrum, rastellus)II. To get together, esp. by screwing and stinting1. corrādo, 3 (to scrape together)2. comparco, si, 3 (by stinting)III. To rake up, i. e. revive something unpleasantIV. To scour, rummage ("the statesman rakes the town to find a plot," Swift)V. To fire across an enemy's position • rake (v.): I. Lit. rādo, si, sum, 3 (to scrape in any way, whence rastrum, rastellus): cf. Varr. L. L. 5, 31, 136 (ab rasu rastelli dicti). Comps. (1). corrādo, 3 (to r. together). Varr. l. c. (2). erādo, 3 (r. off the ground or root out of it with the rake): id. R. R. 1, 49. Phr.: to r. seeds over (cover them with soil by raking), (semina) rastellis obruere, Col. 2, 13, med.: to r. the ground clean, pectine verrere humum, Ov. R. Am. 192; less poetically, *terram rastello purgare. Phr.: to r. together the fire, *ignem cineribus condere; prunis cineres obducere. II. To get together, esp. by screwing and stinting: 1. corrādo, 3 (to scrape together): to r. together the money from some quarter or other, pecuniam alicunde c., Ter. Ad. 2, 2, 34: cf. id. Heaut. 1, 1, 89 (omnia corradere). 2. comparco, si, 3 (by stinting): Ter. Ph. 1, 1, 10. III. To rake up, i. e. revive something unpleasant: Phr.: to r. up an old scandal, *flagitii (infamiae) memoriam quae jam obsoleverat redintegrare; veterem infamiam et jam paene oblivio obrutam eruere atque proferre. IV. To scour, rummage ("the statesman rakes the town to find a plot," Swift): perh. percurro, 3; or scrūtor, perscrūtor, 1: Caes.: v. to scour, search. V. To fire across an enemy's position: *transversa ex obliquo conjicere tela.
RAKE Copy link • RAKE 1. s. An agricultural implement, pecten (☞ not rastrum or rastellus; i. e., a hoe): irpex (made of iron, to break the clods, not to hoe the weeds; Vid: Schneider, Caton., L.L., 10, 2, p. 45). A dissolute fellow, homo dissolutus, profligatus, perditus. 2. v. To clear with a rake, pectine verrere (Ov., Rem., 192). To rake up (a crop, etc.), pectinibus legere aliquid (Col., 2, 21). To scour, stringere, destringere. To rake up = to collect, Vid.