- ἅμμα
- ἅμμα, ατος, τό, ([etym.] ἅπτω)A 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, AP7.182 (Mel.), cf. 164 (Antip.), imitated in Epigr.Gr.248.8 ([place name] Philomelium).4 link of chain, Them.Or.2.32d.5 in pl., clinches in wrestling, Gal. 6.143, cf. Plu.Fab.23; of the wrestler's 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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