FALX

dim. FALCŬLA ( ἅρπη , δρέπανον , poet. δρεπάνη , dim. δρεπάνιον ), a sickle; a scythe; a pruning-knife; a falchion, . As Culter denoted a knife with one straight edge, falx signified any similar instrument, the single edge of which was curved. Some of its forms are given in the annexed cut. One represents Perseus with the falchion in his right hand, and the head of Medusa in his left. The two smaller figures are heads of Saturn with the falx in its original form; and the fourth represents the same divinity at full length. IMG:6459379820872971714_ill174.jpg: Falx. (From ancient Cameos.)