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