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ἅμμα

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἅμμα ἅμματος

Structure: ἁμματ (Stem)

Etym.: a(/ptw

Sense

  1. anything tied or made to tie
  2. a knot
  3. a noose, halter
  4. a band, girdle
  5. the wrestler's arms or hug

Declension

Third declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • καὶ πρῶτα μὲν καθεῖσαν εἰσ ὤμουσ κόμασ νεβρίδασ τ’ ἀνεστείλανθ’ ὅσαισιν ἁμμάτων σύνδεσμ’ ἐλέλυτο, καὶ καταστίκτουσ δορὰσ ὄφεσι κατεζώσαντο λιχμῶσιν γένυν. (Euripides, episode, trochees 4:3)
  • περὶ δὲ δεσμὰ καὶ πολύβροχ’ ἁμμάτων ἐρείσμαθ’ Ἡράκλειον ἀμφὶ δέμασ τάδε λαί̈νοισ ἀνημμένα κίοσιν οἴκων. (Euripides, Heracles, choral, lyric13)
  • τίσ σε παρὰ σμίλαισι, ποδίκροτον ἅμμα καθάψασ, θήκατο, τὸν Βρομίῳ σπάργαν’ ἑλιξάμενον; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume V, book 16, chapter 15a3)
  • πηροδέτῳ δ’ ὃ γ’ ἱμάντι κατ’ αὐχένοσ ἅμμα λυγώσασ, οἰκτρὸσ ἀμυκήτῳ κάτθανε πάρ καλύβᾐ, ποῦ τὸ περίβλεπτον κάλλοσ σέο, Δωρὶ Κόρινθε; (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 150 1:1)
  • πηροδέτῳ δ’ ὃ γ’ ἱμάντι κατ’ αὐχένοσ ἅμμα πεδήσασ οἰκτρὸσ ἀμυκήτῳ κάτθανε πὰρ καλύβῃ. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 255 1:1)
  • αὔλακα τὴν ἀσίδαρον ἐν ὕδασιν ἕλκομεν ἄμφω, μακροτόνων σχοίνων ἅμμα σαγηνόδετον ἰχθύσι δ’ ἐκ σταχύων λατρεύομεν. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 2992)
  • ἀκρότατον δ’ ἐσ γῆν κλίνασ ἅμα κεὔροπον ἅμμα θηρὸσ τὴν τόσσην ἐξεκύλισε βίην. (Unknown, Greek Anthology, Volume III, book 9, chapter 543 1:1)

Synonyms

  1. a knot

  2. a noose

  3. a band

Related

Source: Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. "A Greek-English Lexicon". revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones.

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