σκάμμα

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Τὰς γὰρ ἡδονὰς ὅταν προδῶσιν ἄνδρες, οὐ τίθημ' ἐγὼ ζῆν τοῦτον, ἀλλ' ἔμψυχον ἡγοῦμαι νεκρόν → But when people lose their pleasures, I do not consider this liferather, it is just a corpse with a soul

Sophocles, Antigone, 1165-7
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Transliteration A: skámma Transliteration B: skamma Transliteration C: skamma Beta Code: ska/mma

English (LSJ)

ατος, τό, (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 (Aphrodisias), cf. IG14.1102.16 (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 11.3.

German (Pape)

[Seite 888] τό, 1) das Gegrabene, der Graben, die Grube, Plat. Legg. VIII, 845 e. – 2) bes. in den Gymnasien u. Palästren ein tief ausgegrabener od. mit Gräben umzogener, mit Sand überfahrener Platz, auf dem die Athleten sich übten; dah. die Uebung, der Kampf selbst, die Gefahr, ἐπὶ τοῦ σκάμματος εἶναι, Pol. 40, 5, 5.