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|Definition=ατος, τό, ([[σκάπτω]])<br><span class="bld">A</span> [[that which has been dug]], [[trench]], [[pit]], Pl. ''Lg.''845e.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[action of digging]], οὕτω τὸ σ. ποιοῦσι Apollod.''Poliorc.'' 145.5.<br><span class="bld">II</span> [[place dug up and sanded]], on which [[wrestler]]s practised, ''CIG''2758 111 col.3 D (Aphrodisias), cf. ''IG''14.1102.16 (Rome), 1107.10 (ibid.), Gal.''Thras.''46: [[proverb|prov.]], [[ἐπὶ τοῦ σκάμματος ὤν]] = [[at a crisis]], [[at a time of trial]], Plb.38.18.5; <b class="b3">εἰς τοσοῦτο σκάμμα προεκαλεῖτο πάντα ὁντιναοῦν</b> = this was the mighty ring to which he challenged every man whomsoever / to such [[trial]]s. ., Arr.''Epict.''4.8.26.<br><span class="bld">2</span> [[place dug up]], on which athletes landed in the [[long jump]], ''AB'' 224.<br><span class="bld">3</span> [[furrow]] [[mark]]ing the [[length]] of a [[jump]], Sch.Pi.''N.''5.34a; cf. [[σκάπτω]] ΙΙ.3.