Ἅμμα
[Kasiotic] knot
Translated by Jennifer Benedict2 Sep 2000Vetting: high7 revisions
Translation
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are crooked in their ways; [sc. named] from the Pelusians in Kasion,1 who by native skill used to tie knots when joining beams to beams.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ἅμμα· ἐπὶ τῶν σκολιῶν τοὺς τρόπους, ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν Κασίῳ Πηλουσιωτῶν, οἱ φυσικῇ τέχνῃ ἅμματα ἔπλεκον δοκοὺς ἐπὶ δοκοῖς συνάπτοντες.
Betacode
*(/amma: e)pi\ tw=n skoliw=n tou\s tro/pous, a)po\ tw=n e)n *kasi/w| *phlousiwtw=n, oi( fusikh=| te/xnh| a(/mmata e)/plekon dokou\s e)pi\ dokoi=s suna/ptontes.