The corpus record

βάμμα

bamma · τό

that in which a thing is dipped, dye

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Where it lives

Judices (cod. Al.) 2 · 1.37/10k
Laws 1 · 0.1/10k

What it meant — LSJ

that in which a thing is dipped, dye, tinge

that in which a thing is dipped, dye, Pl. Lg. 956a; βάμμα Σαρδιανικόν, Κυζικηνικόν, v. βάπτω I.2: in pl., διάφορα β. POxy. 914.7 (v A. D.); β. λευκώματος a whitish tinge, Arist. Phgn. 813a28.

II sauce

sauce, Nic. Th. 622, cf. Hsch. s.v. βάμβα.

III

= ὄα, AB 362.

In the wild

βάμματα · bammata Plato, Laws 956
βαμμάτων · bammatōn Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 5
βαμμάτων · bammatōn Septuaginta, Judices (cod. Al.) 5

Where it came from

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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