runco

1.

runco, āre, v. a. [runca, runcina], to weed out, root up; to weed, clear of weeds.

I.

Lit.:

spinas,

Cato, R. R. 2:

segetes,

Varr. R. R. 1, 30; Col. 11, 2, 40; Plin. 18, 21, 50, § 184; Tert. Pall. 2 med. —

II.

Transf.

* A.

To pluck, deprive of its hair, Pers. 4, 35.—

B.

To mow: frumenta, Aug. Civ. Dei, 4, 8 med.

2.

runco, ōnis, m. [1. runco], a weedinghook, grubbing-hoe, Pall. 1, 43, 3; cf. Isid. Orig. 20, 14, 5.