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σκάμμα, that which has been dug, trench, pit

σκάμμα, ατος, τό, (σκάπτω)
  • that which has been dug, trench, pit, Pl. Lg. 845e.
      • 2 action of digging, οὕτω τὸ σ. ποιοῦσι Apollod. Poliorc. 145.5.
    • II place dug up and sanded, on which wrestlers practised, CIG 2758 111 col.3 D (Aphrodisias), cf. IG 14.1102.16 (Rome), 1107.10 (ibid.), Gal. Thras. 46: prov., ἐπὶ τοῦ σ. ὤν at a crisis, time of trial, Plb. 38.18.5; εἰς τοσοῦτο σ. προεκαλεῖτο πάντα ὁντιναοῦν to such trials, Arr. Epict. 4.8.26.
      • 2 place dug up, on which athletes landed in the long jump, AB 224.
      • 3 furrow marking the length of a jump, Sch. Pi. N. 5.34a; cf. σκάπτω II.3.

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