ἔχμα
ἔχμα, ατος, τό, ( ἔχω)
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"definition": "<i>that which holds</i>; and so,",
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"label": "I",
"definition": "<i>hindrance, impediment,</i> Il. 21.259 (pl.).",
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"label": "2",
"definition": "<i>bulwark, defence against,</i> ἐπηλυσίης h.Merc. 37; βολάων A.R. 4.201.",
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"quote": "ἐπηλυσίης",
"ref": "h.Merc. 37",
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"label": "II",
"definition": "<i>holdfast, stay,</i> ἔχματα πέτρης <i>the grip</i> of the rock (viz. the river-bed), Il. 13.139; ἔχματα πύργων <i>buttresses</i> of the fortifications, 12.260; ἔχματα νηῶν <i>props</i> or <i>cradles</i> for the ships, 14.410; ἔχματα γαίης, of the earth which <i>holds fast</i> the roots of a tree, A.R. 1.1200; ἔχματα γούνων, of muscles, Nic. Th. 724:—also ἐχμός, ὁ, Eust. 1411.24.",
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