A.that which has been dug, trench, pit, Pl. Lg.845e.
II. place dug up and sanded, on which wrestlers practised, CIG2758 111 col.3 D (Aphrodisias), cf. IG14.1102.16 (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, on which athletes landed in the long jump, AB 224.