The corpus record — Latin

scamma

scamma · n

a wrestling-place

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Where it lives

Ad Martyras 1 · 6.72/10k

What it meant

scamma — Lewis & Short

scamma, ătis, n., = ska/mma,

I a wrestling-place in the Palaestra.

I Lit. (late Lat.), Cael. Aur. Tard. 2, 1 fin.; Hier. Joann. Hieros. 16; id. Ep. 61, 5; Ambros. Off. 1, 16. —*

II Trop., a wrestling, a contest, Tert. adv. Martyr. 3; cf. harena. II.

In the wild

scamma Tertullian, Ad Martyras 3

Where it came from

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