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ἱμάς , ὁ, gen. ἱμάντος (not ἱμᾶς, ἱμᾶντος Hdn.Gr.2.939): Ep. dat. pl. ἱμάντεσσι:—
A.leathern strap or thong, Il.10.262, etc.; “ἱμάντα βοός” 3.375; “βοέους ἱμάντας” 22.397: mostly in pl., in various senses:
a. traces, 10.475,499,al.
b. reins, 23.324, etc.; “τμητοῖς ἱμᾶσι” S.El. 747, cf. E.Hipp.1222.
c. straps on which the body of the chariot was hung, Il.5.727.
d. lash of a whip, formed by several thongs, 23.363.
e. boxing-glove, consisting of several straps put round the hand, ib.684, Pi.N.6.35, Pl.Prt.342c; “ἱ. πυκτικοί” Eup.22 D.
2. in sg., the magic girdle of Aphrodite, Il.14.214, 219.
b. chin-strap of the helmet, 3.371.
c. thong, by which the bolt was shot home into the socket, Od.1.442, cf. 4.802, 21.46.
d. after Hom., thong or latchet of a sandal, X.An.4.5.14, Ephipp.14.9, Men.109.2, Ev.Marc.1.7.
e. rail-rope, Aristag.5.
f. well-rope, Poll.10.31, Moer.
g. dog-leash, X.Cyn.7.6: prov., ἦσθ᾽ ἱμὰς κύνειος you were tough as a dog-leash, Ar.V.231; also “σὺν τῷ κυνὶ καὶ τὸν ἱμάντα” Phot.
h. whip, scourge, “ἔξω τις δότω ἱμάντα” Antiph.74.8, cf. Men.Sam.106; “ἡ διὰ τῶν ἱ. αἰκεία” POxy.1186.2 (iv A.D.), cf. Act.Ap.22.25; “ἱμάντες παιδαγωγῶν” Lib.Ep.911.2.
i. cord, Gal.10.1001, cf. 1.616.
II. diseased condition of the uvula, Id.17(1).379.
III. ἱμάντες, in Archit., planks laid on rafters, IG12.372.82, 373.236, al., 22.1668.55, 1672.305; on στρωτῆρες (q.v.), ib.463.66. (Cf.Skt. sināti 'bind', Lat. saeta.) [^_, usually; but also ι_ in Ep., Il.8.544, etc.: in derivs. and compds. always ι^.]
Henry George Liddell. Robert Scott. A Greek-English Lexicon. revised and augmented throughout by. Sir Henry Stuart Jones. with the assistance of. Roderick McKenzie. Oxford. Clarendon Press. 1940.

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