ἅμμα
ατος, τό
A.
anything tied or made 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. παρθενίας maiden girdle, AP 7.182 (Mel.), cf. 164 (Antip.), imitated in Epigr.Gr. 248.8 (Philomelium).
4.
link of chain, Them. Or. 2.32d.
5.
in pl., clinches in wrestling, Gal. 6.143, cf. Plu. Fab. 23; of the wrestler's arms, Id. Alc. 2.
6.
measure of length (like our chain), = 40 πήχεις, Hero *Geom. 23.14, al., POxy. 669 (iii A.D.).
II.
that which kindles, Ph. 2.504.