α1510Ἅμματα
[Kasiotic] knots
[sc. A proverbial phrase] in reference to those who are crooked in their ways. [So called] from the Pelousians in Kasion, who by natural skill used to weave knots in order to attach one beam to another. [A knot]…
Ἅμματα· ἐπὶ τῶν σκολιῶν τοὺς τρόπους. ἀπὸ τῶν ἐν Κασίῳ Πηλουσιωτῶν, οἱ φυσικῇ τέχνῃ ἅμματα ἔπλεκον δοκοὺς ἐπὶ δοκοῖς συνάπτοντες. Κασιώτῃ ἴσον. Ἅμματα, δεσμά. ἐν Ἐπιγράμμασι·…
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