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amentum

amentum, a strap, thong

Frieze-Dennison Vergil

āmentum, ī, n.: a thong attached to the shaft of a javelin or other missile; (meton.), a javelin with the amentum, 9.665.
āmentum, i, n. [ἅμμα, ἅπτω; v. apo],
  • a strap or thong, esp. upon missile weapons, by means of which they were thrown with greater force (cf. amento): amenta, quibus, ut mitti possint, vinciuntur jacula sive solearum lora, Paul. ex Fest. p. 12 Müll.: epistola ad amentum deligata, Caes. B. G. 5, 48 Herz.: inserit amento digitos, Ov. M. 12, 321: amenta torquent, Verg. A. 9, 665: umor jaculorum amenta emollierat, Liv. 37, 41 al.—Rarely, a shoe-string: soleae sine amento, Plin. 34, 6, 14, § 31. [OLD ammentum]

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