ἅμμα: Difference between revisions

|Definition=ατος, τό, (ἅπτω) <span class="sense"><p>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">A</span> <b class="b2">anything tied</b> or <b class="b2">made to tie:</b> hence, </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">1</span> <b class="b2">knot</b>, <span class="bibl">Hp.<span class="title">Fist.</span>4</span>; ἅ. λύειν, ἀπάπτειν <span class="bibl">Hdt.4.98</span>; ἅ. ποιεῖσθαι <span class="bibl">X.<span class="title">Eq.</span> 5.1</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">2</span> <b class="b2">noose, halter</b>, <span class="bibl">E.<span class="title">Hipp.</span>781</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">3</span> <b class="b2">cord</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Ba.</span>696</span>, cf. Hp.<span class="title">Steril.</span>244, etc.; <b class="b3">ἅ. παρθενίας</b> maiden <b class="b2">girdle</b>, AP7.182 (Mel.), cf. <span class="bibl">164</span> (Antip.), imitated in <span class="title">Epigr.Gr.</span>248.8 (Philomelium). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">4</span> <b class="b2">link</b> of chain, <span class="bibl">Them.<span class="title">Or.</span>2.32d</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">5</span> in pl., <b class="b2">clinches</b> in wrestling, Gal. 6.143, cf. <span class="bibl">Plu.<span class="title">Fab.</span>23</span>; of the <b class="b2">wrestler's arms</b>, <span class="bibl">Id.<span class="title">Alc.</span>2</span>. </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">6</span> <b class="b2">measure of length</b> (like our <b class="b2">chain</b>), = <span class="bibl">40</span> <b class="b3">πήχεις</b>, Hero <b class="b2">*Geom</b>.23.14, al., <span class="bibl"><span class="title">POxy.</span>669</span> (iii A.D.). </span><span class="sense">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<span class="bld">II</span> <b class="b2">that which kindles</b>, <span class="bibl">Ph.2.504</span>.</span>