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ἅμμα

ἅμμα, anything tied

ἅμμα, ατος, τό, (ἅπτω)
  • anything tied or made to tie: hence,
      • 1 knot, Hp. Fist. 4; ἅ. λύειν, ἀπάπτειν Hdt. 4.98; ἅ. ποιεῖσθαι X. Eq. 5.1.
      • 2 noose, halter, E. Hipp. 781.
      • 3 cord, Id. Ba. 696, cf. Hp. Steril. 244, etc.; ἅ. παρθενίας maiden girdle, AP 7.182 (Mel.), cf. 164 (Antip.), imitated in Epigr.Gr. 248.8 (Philomelium).
      • 4 link of chain, Them. Or. 2.32d.
      • 5 in pl., clinches in wrestling, Gal. 6.143, cf. Plu. Fab. 23; of the wrestlerʼs arms, Id. Alc. 2.
      • 6 measure of length (like our chain), = 40 πήχεις, Hero *Geom. 23.14, al., POxy. 669 (iii A.D.).
    • II that which kindles, Ph. 2.504.

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