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Ἱμάς · strap (ι 334) · Suda

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Α Β Γ Δ Ε Ζ Η Θ Ι Κ Λ Μ Ν Ξ Ο Π Ρ Σ Τ Υ Φ Χ Ψ Ω

Near ι334

ι330lairs
ι331to draw [water]
ι332straps
ι333strapping
ι334strap
ι335flogged
ι336thong
ι337I flog, I will flog
ι338cloaklet

Suda/Ι iota/ι334

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Ἱμάς

strap

Translated by Catharine Roth15 Apr 2006Vetting: high2 revisions

daily life
definition
trade and manufacture

2 words

Translation

[Meaning] thong.

Greek original · Adler’s text

Ἱμάς· ὁ λῶρος.

Betacode

*(ima/s: o( lw=ros.

Notes

Likewise or similarly in other lexica, and cf. scholia on Homer, Iliad 3.371, and on Lucian (54.27 Rabe).
See also iota 332, iota 333.

Linked from3 entries

ι332Ἱμάντεςstraps[Meaning] thongs, fetters. "[...] and [he] having ordered each man to be bound with a long strap."
ι333Ἱμάντωσιςstrapping[Meaning] binding of timbers set into construction of houses.
ι356Ἱμονιάwell-rope"As the well was in the mountains, it was hollow and deep, so as to need a long well-rope." But some [use the word for] the bucket itself: from i(ma/s ["leather thong"].

Neighbouring entries

ι332Ἱμάντεςstraps ι333Ἱμάντωσιςstrapping ι334Ἱμάςstrap ι335Ἵμασενflogged ι336Ἱμάσθληνthong

Revision history2 revisions · last 11 Jan 2013

11 Jan 2013Revised — David Whitehead
17 Apr 2006another x-ref; cosmetics — David Whitehead
15 Apr 2006Translated — Catharine Roth

Cite this entry

Suda On Line, s.v. Ἱμάς (Adler number iota 334), trans. Catharine Roth, 15 Apr 2006. https://www.cs.uky.edu/~raphael/sol/sol-entries/iota/334

Translation by Catharine Roth for Suda On Line, revised by David Whitehead, licensed CC BY-NC-SA 4.0. Shown unchanged, under the same licence, non-commercially. Original on SOL ↗