ἅμμα,ατος,τό, (ἅπτω)
A. anything tiedormade to tie:hence,
1. knot,
Hp. Fist. 4 ; ἅ. λύειν, ἀπάπτειν
Hdt. 4.98
; ἅ. ποιεῖσθαι
X. Eq. 5.1
.
2. noose, halter,
E. Hipp. 781 .
3. cord,
Id. Ba. 696 , cf. Hp. Steril. 244 , etc.;ἅ. παρθενίαςmaidengirdle,
AP 7.182 ( Mel. ), cf. 164 (Antip.), imitated in Epigr.Gr. 248.8 (Philomelium).
4. linkof chain, Them. Or. 2.32d .
5. in pl.,clinchesin wrestling, Gal. 6.143 , cf. Plu. Fab. 23 ; of thewrestler's arms,
Id. Alc. 2 .