σκάμμα,ατος,τό, (σκάπτω)
A. that which has been dug, trench, pit, Pl. Lg. 845e .
2. action of digging, οὕτω τὸ ς. ποιοῦσι
Apollod. Poliorc. 145.5
.
II. place dug up and sanded, on which wrestlers practised, CIG 2758
111 col. 3 D (Aphrodisias), cf. IG 14.1102.16 (Rome), 1107.10 (ibid.), Gal. Thras. 46 : prov.,ἐπὶ τοῦ ς. ὤνat acrisis, time of trial, Plb. 38.18.5 ;εἰς τοσοῦτο ς. προεκαλεῖτο πάντα ὁντιναοῦνto suchtrials, Arr. Epict. 4.8.26 .
2. place dug up, on which athletes landed in the long jump, AB 224 .
3. furrowmarking the length of a jump, Sch. Pi. N. 5.34a ; cf. σκάπτω
11.3
.