Ἧμα

missile, projectile

Translated by Catharine Roth4 Feb 2007Vetting: high4 revisions

3 words

[Meaning a] dart/javelin.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἧμα· ἀκόντισμα.

Betacode

*(=hma: a)ko/ntisma.

Same or similar entry in other lexica, including Apollonius' Homeric Lexicon, and cf. also a scholion on Homer, Iliad 23.891 (where the headword occurs in the dative plural, in Achilles' praise of Agamemnon: web address 1). In form the headword is a verbal noun derived from i(/hmi.
See also eta 357.