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κόμμα

κόμμα, the stamp

κόμμα, ατος, τό, (κόπτω)
  • stamp or impression of a coin, χαλκίοις . . κοπεῖσι τῷ κακίστῳ κόμματι Ar. Ra. 726: prov., πονηροῦ κόμματος of bad stamp, Id. Pl. 862, 957; χρυσίον κόμμασιν ἀποσμώμενον (sic leg. pro ἀποσπ-) cleansed by blows of the die, Luc. Pisc. 14.
      • 2 coinage, ἴδιοί τινες [θεοί], κ. καινόν Ar. Ra. 890, cf. Ec. 817; Σεύθα κόμμα, on Thracian coins, BMus.Cat.Coins Thrace p.201 (v B.C.); οἱ τὸ τοῦ νομίσματος κ. μεταχειριζόμενοι, = Lat. triumviri monetales, D.C. 54.26.
      • 3 metaph., μαλθακωτέρου κόμματος, of the female body, Ph. 1.639.
    • II that which is cut off, piece, ἰχθύων Gp. 18.14.2.
      • 2 refuse of corn in threshing, chaff, Din. Fr. 18.4 (pl.).
      • 3 short clause in a sentence, Cic. Orat. 62.211, Phld. Rh. 1.165 S., D.H. Comp. 26, Quint. 9.4.22, etc.; defined as τὸ κώλου ἔλαττον Demetr. Eloc. 9; cf. κομμάτιον 3.
    • III contusion, Crito ap. Gal. 13.878.

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