1. ἄεμμα · aemma — Beekes
ἄεμμα [n.] ‘bow’ (Call.). «Ὁ» eETYM Assuming an original meaning ‘bowstring’ (cf. » νευρά), explained as an artificial form for dupa ‘knot, cord’ (to » ἄπτωγ this is doubtful. — [Beekes, s.v. ἄεμμα, p. 72]
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ἄεμμα
aemma
bow
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What it meant
2. ἄεμμα · aemma — Chantraine
ἄεμμα : n. «arc» ou «corde d'arc» (Call. Artem. 10, Ap. 33). Et. : Probablement forme artificielle issue de ἅμμα (voir sous ἅἄπτω), où l'alpha initial est faussement considéré comme une contraction de αε. Noter aussi la psilose. — [Chantraine, s.v. ἄεμμα, p. 38]
3. ἄεμμα · aemma — Frisk
ἄεμμα n. “Bogen” (Kall.). Falls eigentlich “Bogensehne’ (vgl. vevod “Bogensehne’, auch "Bogen’), wahrscheinlich künstliche Zerdehnung aus ἅμμα “Knoten, Band’. — Über den EN Ἐχέμμας (Kall.), eig. Kurzname für Ἐχέ-μηλος od.ä., aber vielleicht als ἔχων ἄεμμα gedeutet, s. Ziegler RhM 87, 74ff. — [Frisk, s.v. ἄεμμα, p. 55]
4. ἄεμμα · aemma — LSJ
bow-string, bow
bow-string or bow, Call. Dian. 10, Ap. 33.
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No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission. The etymological dictionaries (Beekes, Chantraine, Frisk) are matched incrementally.
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