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σκῐᾱμᾰχ-ία

skiamachia · ἡ

a fighting against a shadow

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What it meant

σκῐᾱμᾰχ-ία · skiamach-ia — LSJ

a fighting against a shadow, a form of exercise with hands and feet

a fighting against a shadow: esp. a form of exercise with hands and feet, Ph. 1.153.

2 fighting with a shadow, mock-fight, ‘beating the air’

metaph., fighting with a shadow, mock-fight, ‘beating the air’, Cic. Fam. 11.14.1 (pl.), Plu. Garr. 2.514d, Eust. 663.16; title of satire by Varro, Non. p.190 L.—σκιομαχία is a later form, Gal. 6.146.

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