- σκάμμα
- σκάμμα, ατος, τό, ([etym.] σκάπτω)A 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, CIG2758 111 col.3 D ([place name] Aphrodisias), cf. IG14.1102.16 ([place name] 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 11.3
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Greek-English dictionary (Αγγλικά Ελληνικά-λεξικό). 2014.