ἔχμα
echma
that which holds
Appears 4 times across Homer's epics.
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Dictionary (LSJ)
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 4.201. II. holdfast, stay, ἔχματα πέτρης the grip of the rock (viz. the river-bed), Il. 13.139; ἔχματα πύργων buttresses of the fortifications, 12.260; ἔχματα νηῶν props or cradles for the ships, 14.410; ἔχματα γαίης, of the earth which holds fast the roots of a tree, 1.1200; ἔχματα γούνων, of muscles, Th. 724:—also ἐχμός, ὁ, 1411.24.
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