I.a mattock, grub-axe, hoe.
I. Lit.: “longis purgare ligonibus arva,” Ov. P. 1, 8, 59: “ligonibus duris humum Exhaurire,” Hor. Epod. 5, 30: “ligonibus Versare glebas,” id. C. 3, 6, 38; Ov. Am. 3, 10, 31: “centeno ligone domare arva,” Mart. 4, 64, 32: “fractus, so called from the bent form of the iron, Col. poët. 10, 88: erectum domito referens a monte ligonem,” Juv. 11, 89.—