ἔχμα,ατος,τό, (ἔχω)
A. that which holds; and so,
I. hindrance, impediment, Il. 21.259 (pl.).
2. c. gen.,bulwark, defence against, ἐπηλυσίης
h.Merc. 37
; βολάων
A.R. 4.201
.
II. holdfast, stay,ἔχματα πέτρης the gripof the rock (viz. the river-bed), Il. 13.139 ;ἔχματα πύργων buttressesof the fortifications, 12.260 ;ἔχματα νηῶν propsorcradlesfor the ships, 14.410 ;ἔχματα γαίης, of the earth whichholds fastthe roots of a tree, A.R. 1.1200 ;ἔχματα γούνων, of muscles, Nic. Th. 724 :—alsoἐχμός,ὁ, Eust. 1411.24 .