ἅμμα
From LSJ
Γλώσσῃ ματαίᾳ ζημία προστρίβεται → Afferre damna lubricum linguae solet → Der eitlen Zunge folgt die Strafe auf den Fuß
English (LSJ)
ατος, τό, (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 (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.
