σκάμμα · skamma — LSJ
that which has been dug, trench, pit
that which has been dug, trench, pit, Pl. Lg. 845e.
2 action of digging
action of digging, οὕτω τὸ σ. ποιοῦσι Apollod. Poliorc. 145.5.
II place dug up and sanded, crisis, trials
place dug up and sanded, on which wrestlers practised, CIG 2758 111 col.3 D (Aphrodisias), cf. IG 14.1102.16 (Rome), 1107.10 (ibid.), Gal. Thras. 46: prov., ἐπὶ τοῦ σ. ὤν at a crisis, time of trial, Plb. 38.18.5; εἰς τοσοῦτο σ. προεκαλεῖτο πάντα ὁντιναοῦν to such trials, Arr. Epict. 4.8.26.
2 place dug up
place dug up, on which athletes landed in the long jump, AB 224.
3 furrow
furrow marking the length of a jump, Sch. Pi. N. 5.34a; cf. σκάπτω II.3.