The corpus record

κάσσ-ῡμα

kassuma · τό

anything stitched of leather

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Where it lives

Knights 2 · 2.25/10k
Acharnians 1 · 1.41/10k
Wasps 1 · 1.03/10k

What it meant

κάσσ-ῡμα · kass-yma — LSJ

anything stitched of leather, sole of a shoe, sandal, shoes

anything stitched of leather, esp. sole of a shoe or sandal, Hp. Epid. 5.45, Ar. Ach. 301 (ubi v. Sch.), Eq. 315, 869, Crates Com. 29.4; of cork soles, Dsc. Eup. 2.30; ὑποδήσασθαι ἐχθρῶν παρʼ ἀνδρῶν καττύματα to put on shoes made by an enemy, Ar. V. 1160.

II patchings, botchings

metaph., in pl., patchings, botchings, of bad music, Plu. Mus. 2.1138b.

In the wild

καττύματα · kattymata Aristophanes, Acharnians 1.300 (DIORISIS sentence 224)
κάττυμʼ · kattymʼ Aristophanes, Knights 315 (DIORISIS sentence 276)
κάττυμα · kattyma Aristophanes, Knights (DIORISIS sentence 621)
καττύματα · kattymata Aristophanes, Wasps (DIORISIS sentence 841)

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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