σκάμμα
Ἐς δὲ τὰ ἔσχατα νουσήματα αἱ ἔσχαται θεραπεῖαι ἐς ἀκριβείην, κράτισται → But for extreme illnesses, extreme remedies, applied with severe exactitude, are the best (Hippocrates, Aphorism 6)
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.
