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ἅμμα?

Third declension Noun; Neuter Transliteration: hamma

Principal Part: ἅμμα ἅμματος

Structure: ἁμματ (Stem)

Etym.: ἅπτω

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 λαΐνοις 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

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

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